Using a Digital Spelling Game for Promoting Alphabetic Knowledge of Preschoolers: The Contribution of Auditory and Visual Supports
Adi Elimelech2 , Dorit Aram26 (TAU: Tel Aviv University)
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GraphoGame SI: the development of a technology-enhanced literacy learning tool for Standard Indonesian
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Last. Ben Maassen (UG: University of Groningen)H-Index: 31
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Early intervention programs are generally considered the most efficient and beneficial approach to providing support to struggling beginning readers. This paper discusses the theoretical background, development, and design of, as well as the first results obtained with, GraphoGame for Standard Indonesian, a technology-enhanced learning environment that trains the basic skills of reading by high but playful exposure to grapheme-phoneme coupling. The results of the pilot study assessing the usabil...
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We introduce a model of Hebrew reading development that emphasizes both the universal and script-specific aspects of learning to read a Semitic abjad. At the universal level, the study of Hebrew reading acquisition offers valuable insights into the fundamental dilemmas of all writing systems—balancing the competing needs of the novice versus the expert reader (Share, 2008). At the script-specific level, pointed Hebrew initially employs supplementary vowel signs, providing the beginning reader a ...
Integrating Writing into the Early Childhood Curriculum: A Frame for Intentional and Meaningful Writing Experiences.
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Last. Hope K. Gerde (MSU: Michigan State University)H-Index: 13
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Despite the importance of early writing development to children’s school success, research documents that early childhood teachers spend little time actively supporting children’s writing development in preschool classrooms. This article provides a framework for integrating writing experiences across the early childhood curriculum. Practical examples are given regarding how writing opportunities can be incorporated into existing activities and play settings. The metaphor of backgrounding and for...
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Last. Deborah L. Linebarger (UPenn: University of Pennsylvania)H-Index: 20
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Abstract Education practitioners and policy-makers are enthusiastic about web-based games’ potential to promote reading and pre-reading skills, although it is unclear how effective these games are, especially for children in early childhood. The aim of this study was to determine if literacy games on an educational website could effectively promote early literacy. 136 preschoolers and kindergarteners were randomly assigned to play literacy-focused (intervention group), or puzzle- and arts-themed...
A Longitudinal Study of the Effect of Computers on the Cognitive Development of Low-Income African American Preschool Children
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Last. Bonita Stanton (Seton Hall University)H-Index: 69
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ABSTRACTResearch Findings: The current study examined the impact of daily classroom computer use on the cognitive development of preschool children in 14 urban Head Start classrooms. The sample consisted of 208 predominantly African American low-income children with a mean age of 48.8 months. A quasi-experimental design was used in which 7 classrooms had computers and 7 classrooms served as the control. Assessments were made at baseline and at 6, 12, and 18 months. Hierarchical linear modeling w...
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Last. Ron ColeH-Index: 5
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ABSTRACTWe explore the potential of a computer-adaptive decoding game in Spanish to increase the decoding skills and oral reading fluency in Spanish and English of bilingual students. Participants were 78 first-grade Spanish-speaking students attending bilingual programs in five classrooms in Texas. Classrooms were randomly assigned to the treatment (i.e., where students played Graphogame Spanish) for 16 weeks for ten minutes per day (n = 3) versus business as usual instruction (n = 2). Results ...
Examining early childhood teachers’ writing practices: Associations between pedagogical supports and children’s writing skills
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#2Margaret F. Quinn (GSU: Georgia State University)H-Index: 4
Last. Hope K. Gerde (MSU: Michigan State University)H-Index: 13
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Abstract Despite a wide recognition about the importance of young children’s language and literacy environments to later achievement, little is known about teachers’ supportive approaches to early writing in preschool classroom contexts and the ways in which these supportive approaches relate to children’s writing development. This study examined how teachers support writing in their classrooms and how these supports related to children’s expressions of early writing skill. Forty-one preschool a...
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The study’s aims were to (a) evaluate preschoolers’ use of private speech (overt talk to themselves) during spelling; and (b) study how it is affected by the nature of orthography. Participants were 197 Hebrew speaking Israeli preschoolers (109 girls and 88 boys) (M = 5.6 years). Children spelled 12 words (N =44 letters) that represented one of three phonological word structures in terms of their consonants (C) and vowels (V): CV.CVC, CV.CV.CVC, and CVC.CVC. Children’s private speech during spel...
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