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ERIC Number: EJ644671
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Quality of Book-Reading Matters for Emergent Readers: An Experiment with the Same Book in Regular or Electronic Format.
de Jong, Maria T.; Bus, Adriana G.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v94 n1 p145-55 Mar 2002
An adult read to 12 children from a regular paper book. Twenty-four children explored a similar electronic book. For half of this group, the electronic book was with and for half without restrictions on games. Regular book format was more supportive of learning story content and phrasing; both formats supported internalization of features of written words. (Author)
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Books, Children, Individual Differences, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermode Differences, Learning Processes, Multimedia Instruction, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Materials, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Electronic Books