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- Citation and Abstract
Quality of book-reading matters for emergent readers: An experiment with the same book in a regular or electronic format.
de Jong, Maria T.; Bus, Adriana G.
Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol 94(1), Mar 2002, 145-155.
An adult read to 12 children from a regular paper book. Twenty-four children explored an electronic book similar in illustrations and story content (also called CD-ROM storybook, talking book, interactive book, or computer book). For half of this group the electronic book was available with and for half without restrictions concerning the games. Twelve control children were only pre- and posttested. After 6 sessions the examiner elicited an emergent reading of text and separate words to test to what extent children had internalized story meaning, phrasing, and features of written text. During the book-reading sessions children's attention to text and iconic modes differed as a function of book format and children's level of emergent literacy. The regular book format was more supportive of learning about story content and phrasing; both formats supported internalization of features of written words. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)
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- 10.1037/0022-0663.94.1.145
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