Melanie Kühn, Paula J. Schwanenflugel, Elizabeth B. Meisinger
ABSTRACTOver the past decade, fluent reading has come to be seen as a central component of skilled reading and a driving force in the literacy curriculum. However, much of this focus has centered on a relatively narrow definition of reading fluency, one that emphasizes automatic word recognition. This article attempts to expand this understanding by synthesizing se...... hiện toàn bộ
ABSTRACTSThis article explains the creation and validation of the Narrative Comprehension of Picture Books task (NC task), an assessment of young children's comprehension of wordless picture books. Study 1 explored developmental changes among 158 K‐2 children in narrative comprehension and the correlations among children's performance on the NC task and other measu...... hiện toàn bộ
Michael C. McKenna, Kristin Conradi, Camille Lawrence, Bong Gee Jang, Joseph P. Meyer
AbstractTo examine the current state of reading attitudes among middle school students in the United States, a survey was developed and administered to 4,491 students in 23 states plus the District of Columbia. The instrument comprised four subscales measuring attitudes toward: recreational reading in print settings, recreational reading in digital settings, academ...... hiện toàn bộ
ABSTRACTSA counterbalanced, within‐subjects design was carried out to study the efficacy of electronic books in fostering kindergarten children's emergent story understanding. The study compared effects of children's independent reading of stories electronically with effects of printed books read aloud by adults. Participants were 18 four‐ to five‐year‐old Dutch ki...... hiện toàn bộ