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Cole, Juanita McLean; Hilliard, Veleshia Rhonda – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
This study investigated the benefits of using a Web-based reading curriculum program featuring music and video, on struggling readers' performance and motivation. A sample of 36 third grade students from low socioeconomic backgrounds was randomly assigned to receive Web-based or traditional reading instruction. Analyses of performance indicated…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Reading Motivation, Internet, Culturally Relevant Education
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Poulsen, Robert; Hastings, Peter; Allbritton, David – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007
Children from non-English-speaking homes are doubly disadvantaged when learning English in school. They enter school with less prior knowledge of English sounds, word meanings, and sentence structure, and they get little or no reinforcement of their learning outside of the classroom. This article compares the classroom standard practice of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Prior Learning, Sentence Structure, Sustained Silent Reading