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Lederer, Susan Hendler – Young Exceptional Children, 2018
Shared book reading is defined as the interactive process of engaging children with text and illustrations. Through shared book reading, children learn to enjoy the reading process and appreciate different genres of literature, such as story books, alphabet books, and rhyming books. They acquire foundational skills that lead to reading success,…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Control, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy
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Amer, Aly A. – ELT Journal, 1997
Using a multiple-choice test and a story frame test, this study measured the effect on reading comprehension of reading a story aloud to English-as-a-Second-Language students. Findings indicate that these students outperformed on both tests those students who read the story silently. (Six references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Experimental Groups
Milam, Peggy – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
In 1997, the National Institute of Child Health Development, under the direction of Congress and the Secretary of Education, created the National Reading Panel to study scientifically based reading research. The Reading First initiative under President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act focused on five of the panel's research topics: phonemic…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Reading Research, Federal Legislation, Phonemic Awareness