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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Liang, T.-H. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2015
Various studies have found that electronic books (e-books) promote learning, but few works have examined the use of e-books along with an adaptive reading strategy for children. The current study implemented a method to extract keyword cues from e-books to support e-book reading with the read, recite and review (3R) strategy, and then examined the…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Books, Childrens Literature, Reading Strategies
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Potocki, A.; Ecalle, J.; Magnan, A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the differential impact of a computer-based comprehension training programme according to second graders' comprehender profiles. These profiles differed in the children's abilities to process three types of textual information: literal information, text-connecting inferences and gap-filling…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Grade 2, Inferences
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Plowman, L.; Stevenson, O.; McPake, J.; Stephen, C.; Adey, C. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
Schemes that seek to ensure that children have access to technology at home have, so far, been aimed at children over the age of 8. However, there is likely to be an increasing policy interest in extending similar schemes to pre-school children given widespread commitment to the value of early intervention in children's education and family life.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Life, Family Programs, Public Policy
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Korat, Ofra; Shamir, Adina – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2004
This replication study of Hebrew versus Dutch electronic books for young children was based on De Jong & Bus's content analysis, which explored whether e-books are appropriate supports for young children's literacy development. Our criteria for analysing 43 Hebrew e-books for young children included book processing, multimedia in pictures,…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Semitic Languages, Printed Materials, Young Children