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Singer, Lauren M.; Alexander, Patricia A. – Review of Educational Research, 2017
This systematic literature review was undertaken primarily to examine the role that print and digitally mediums play in text comprehension. Overall, results suggest that medium plays an influential role under certain text or task conditions or for certain readers. Additional goals were to identify how researchers defined and measured…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Electronic Learning, Printed Materials, Literature Reviews
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Larson, Lotta C. – Reading Teacher, 2015
This article examines how sixth-grade students navigated and perceived a combined e-book and audiobook reading experience using Kindle Fires. While audiobooks and e-books are not new, little is known about students' use and perceptions of the combination of these two media, as the ability to synchronize audio contents with digital texts is rather…
Descriptors: Audio Books, Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing, Handheld Devices
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Boardman, Alison G.; Klingner, Janette K.; Buckley, Pamela; Annamma, Subini; Lasser, Cristin J. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2015
This study investigated the efficacy of a multi-component reading comprehension instructional approach, Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR), compared to business-as-usual instructional methods with 19 teachers and 1074 students in middle school social studies and science classrooms in a large urban district. Researchers collaborated with school…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Education, Social Studies, Investigations
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Monte-Sano, Chauncey – American Educational Research Journal, 2008
This study explored the practices of two high school teachers of U.S. history and their students' performance on evidence-based history essays over 7 months. Data include pre- and posttest essays, interviews, observations, teacher feedback, assignments, and readings. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons of 42 students' work show that one class…
Descriptors: Evidence, Direct Instruction, Feedback (Response), Reading Comprehension