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Using Paired Text of Picture Books to Understand Individual and Social Meanings Created in Two Languages
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Ahmad S. Albeshri – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This naturalistic basic interpretive inquiry study investigated what individual and social meanings students constructed while engaging with paired picture books presented in two different languages: One in English and the other in Arabic. The research aimed to uncover how middle grade male students interpreted and comprehended the narratives and…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Arabic, English, Paired Associate Learning
Electronic Storybooks: A Constructivist Approach to Improving Reading Motivation in Grade 1 Students
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Ciampa, Katia – Canadian Journal of Education, 2012
This study stemmed from a concern of the perceived decline in students' reading motivation after the early years of schooling. This research investigated the effectiveness of online eBooks on eight grade 1 students' reading motivation. Eight students were given ten 25-minute sessions with the software programs over 15 weeks. Qualitative data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emergent Literacy, Early Reading, Reading Motivation
Shakespeare through the Lens of a New Age.
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Tabers-Kwak, Linda; Kaufman, Timothy U. – English Journal, 2002
Discusses two approaches that engage both students and teachers as they come to share an understanding of Shakespeare's relevance to all ages. Suggests teaching Shakespeare through picture books and through music. Notes that one of the first ways to modernize Shakespeare is to allow students to interact with the work. (SG)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Literature Appreciation, Music Activities
Red in Tooth and Claw? Images of Nature in Modern Picture Books.
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Marriott, Stuart – Children's Literature in Education, 2002
Questions whether the mediated experience provided by picture books contributes toward or hinders a realistic and appropriate appreciation of the natural world. Argues that picture books present highly misleading images of animals and their habitats. Examines a few exceptional books that give an accurate and sensitive account of the animal kingdom…
Descriptors: Animals, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Elementary Education
An Artistic Element: Four Transitional Readers and Writers Respond to the Picture Books of Patricia Polacco and Gerald McDermott.
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Madura, Sandra – National Reading Conference Yearbook, 1998
Presents a case study chronicling the written, oral, and fine art responses of four transitional readers and writers (second- and third-grade students) to the picture books of Patricia Polacco and Gerald McDermott. Discusses their responses in three categories: descriptive responses, interpretive responses, and thematic trends. (SR)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Case Studies, Childrens Literature, Picture Books
Where Are the Children in Children's Literature? Teaching Children's Literature to Undergraduates.
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Grugeon, Elizabeth – 1996
An undergraduate course in children's literature was developed at De Montfort University in Bedford, England, United Kingdom (UK). In a children's literature course for first year students from a variety of backgrounds, age groups, and future intents, it is important to consider the discourse of children's literature, to trace intertextual…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Course Content, Critical Reading, Foreign Countries