This study examined whether maternal evaluations of children's emergent literacy (EL) levels, maternal mediation during a book-reading activity with children, and the children's EL levels differ as a function of socioeconomic status (SES; low vs. high), and whether the relationships between these variables differ as a function of SES levels. Study…

This dissertation study employed quantitative methods to investigate the impact of adult questioning styles on children's novel vocabulary acquisition during shared storybook reading. In an effort to examine adult qualitative variations in shared storybook readings, two experiments were conducted to assess the effect of noneliciting questions…

This article deals with the integration of the theory of Multiple Intelligences in EFL/ESL classrooms. In this study, after the theory of multiple intelligences was presented shortly, the integration of this theory into English classrooms. Intelligence types in MI Theory were discussed and some possible application ways of these intelligence types…

Much has been written on the subject of linking math and literature. However, the focus is usually on the incorporation of reading into a math class--how a teacher might use picture books, problems, or stories, in general, to bring enthusiasm and engagement into the math classroom. In this article, the authors propose that teachers think about…

The ability to derive the meanings of words from supportive story contexts was studied in 45 7- to 8-year-olds. Children read short stories each containing a different novel word and defined the word at the end of each story. There were three intervention sessions. One group was asked to justify their definition and subsequently received feedback…

Stories provide an effective medium for children to learn and practice reading skills, but the role of literature is much broader than an educational tool. Literature provides an aesthetic experience with one of the arts. Children experience the power of story that has existed across cultures and across centuries, giving evidence of the power of…

The study investigated narrative schemata (abstract, prototypical memory frameworks containing the typical plot organizations for a story) with 17 hearing and 40 hearing impaired college students (poor and good readers). Subjects were asked to order statements into story order for three stories. Analysis of the stories in their original and edited…

Subjective story structures generated by 52 hearing impaired college students were compared with well-known theoretically derived structures and with structures produced by comparable hearing Ss. Ss were instructed to read each of four simple narratives and sort the sentences into groups that made up part of the story. Results of cluster analysis…

AN EXPERIMENTAL FIRST-GRADE READING PROGRAM EMPHASIZING UNINTERRUPTED STORY READING WAS REPORTED. SUBJECTS CONSISTED OF ONE OF THREE UNSELECTED FIRST GRADES IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. INSTEAD OF USING WORKBOOKS AND HAVING SUCH FORMAL TESTS AS VOCABULARY LISTS AND END-OF-BOOK TESTS, PUPILS READ A NEW STORY EVERY MORNING, REPEATED IT IN THE AFTERNOON…

Described are the purposes of the language story method, a technique designed to develop and expand expressive language in deaf children. (CL)

Presents guidelines for reading/listening activities for the holiday season. Eight suggested stories about Christmas or Hanukkah for grades 2 through 6 are listed. (MES)

The message of this series of books, "Parents and Children Together," is that parents and children should get together, talk about stories, and learn together. This book, "Parents as Models," contains several stories that can be read and discussed by parents and children in a relaxed way. The book has a companion audiotape.…

This textbook is a reader that introduces the child by very easy steps to the delights of readings. Many of the stories are original, others are children's classics or from folklore, but retold from the original sources so that the book presents them in fresh and unhackneyed form. Some of the stories included are correlated with the great modern…

Fifty-four second graders read three stories under three different picture conditions (color picture, outline, and no picture) on consecutive days. Pupils were tested each day on attitude towards what was read. Results showed that children significantly preferred stories with pictures to ones with no pictures and especially liked those in color.…

Presents critical reading of "A Theory of Knowledge" by Joyce Carol Oates, which appears in recently published collection of stories about aging. Analyzes story in terms of two ideas in current adult developmental theory, the idea of personal narrative as developed by Cohler, and the idea of generativity as developed by Erikson, Kotre,…