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Peer reviewedde Jong, Maria T.; Bus, Adriana G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
An adult read to 12 children from a regular paper book. Twenty-four children explored a similar electronic book. For half of this group, the electronic book was with and for half without restrictions on games. Regular book format was more supportive of learning story content and phrasing; both formats supported internalization of features of…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Books, Children, Individual Differences
Download full textThompson, Sandra J.; Johnstone, Christopher J.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Clapper, Ann T. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2004
Literacy is a term that has been defined many ways, with definitions ranging from those that are very narrow to those that are very broad. Among the more wide sweeping was that of the 1991 National Literacy Act, which defined literacy as a wide range of language tasks associated with everyday life, including those "necessary to function on…
Descriptors: Definitions, State Standards, Literacy, Reading Skills
