Reading electronic books as a support for vocabulary, story comprehension and word reading in kindergarten and first grade
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...Labbo, Reinking and McKenna (1998) and Korat (2010) described problems that learners face in the digital reproduction of text in a variety of work situations....
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...…of word meanings, for example by adding vocabulary games (e.g., asking a child to click on a target object in the picture; Segers & Verhoeven, 2002, 2003) or a dictionary option that defines words (e.g., Korat, 2010; Korat & Shamir, 2008; Shamir & Korat, 2009; Shamir, Korat, & Shlafer, 2011)....
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...Analogous to traditional shared book reading, electronic storybook exposure has been demonstrated to support kindergartners’ vocabulary (e.g., Korat, 2010; Shamir, Korat, & Barbi, 2007; Smeets & Bus, 2012a; Verhallen & Bus, 2010; Verhallen, Bus, & de Jong, 2006; see also Zucker, Moody, & McKenna,…...
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...We assume that e-books that incorporate these features have the capacity to increase children’s early literacy at a stage whose importance is not doubted (Snow et al., 1998; Whitehurst & Lonigan, 2001)....
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...…i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Received 3 December 2008 Received in revised form 24 November 2009 Accepted 26 November 2009 Keywords: CD-ROM storybook Vocabulary Word reading Story comprehension Kindergarten children First graders 0360-1315/$ - see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd....
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...The story’s structure and simple narrative elements – setting, characters, goal/initiating event, problem and solution/ending (Mandler & Johnson, 1977) – appear eminently suitable for the participants’ age....
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