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Introduction to special issue of Paradoxa on the uncanny in mass culture at the end of the 20th Century.
Literacy instructors are encountering accumulative challenges in today`s classrooms. Large-scale high-stake assessments and managerial/parental expectations have doubled the pressure on teachers to produce high-achieving literacy... more
In this research, lexical and morpholexical reading in Italian children ages 8 to 10 years were investigated. Children and control adults were administered two tasks on words and pseudowords: visual lexical decision and naming. Word... more
The role of morphology in reading aloud was examined measuring naming latencies to pseudowords and words composed of morphemes (roots and derivational suffixes) and corresponding simple pseudowords and words. Three groups of Italian... more
Suspendus aux lèvres d’un conteur, incapables d’interrompre la lecture d’un roman, captivés par un film haletant, nous faisons tous l’expérience quotidienne de ce plaisir apparemment paradoxal que nous tirons de notre insatisfaction... more
Τι μπορεί να κάνει η Karen για να δημιουργήσει το καλύτερο μαθησιακό περιβάλλον για όλους τους μαθητές στην τάξη;
As teacher quality becomes a central issue in discussions of children's literacy, both researchers and policy makers alike express increasing concern with how teachers structure and allocate their lesson time for literacy-related... more
The present study seeks to contribute to our knowledge of the effectiveness of reading in the incidental learning of collocations. The study also addresses the question whether out-of-class exposure such as watching TV, listening to radio... more
This 8-minute mini-lecture describes the basic elements of the Four-Blocks approach to teaching reading and writing. This is one of the best approach for helping students of varying levels because it recognizes that one size does not fit... more
Theoharis, G. & Brooks, J. S. (Eds.) (2012). What every principal needs to know to create equitable and excellent schools. Teachers College Press: New York, NY.
Relationships between early motor development and language and reading skills were studied in 154 children, of whom 75 had familial risk of dyslexia (37 females, 38 males; at-risk group) and 79 constituted a control group (32 females, 47... more
METHODS. COMET enrolled 469 ethnically diverse children (ages, 611 years) with myopia between 1.25 and 4.50 D. They were randomly assigned to either progressive addition lenses (PALs) with a +2.00 addition (n = 235) or single vision... more
This report examines the status of reading acquisition in Timor-Leste's primary schools. It is written for education stakeholders and policy makers in Timor-Leste, including government officials, politicians, educators, parents,... more
Autistics often exhibit enhanced perceptual abilities when engaged in visual search, visual discrimination, and embedded figure detection. In similar fashion, while performing a range of perceptual or cognitive tasks, autistics display... more
A case study with a 12-year-old boy, R.F., who was a monolingual speaker of Greek is reported. R.F. showed slow word reading and a difficulty in spelling irregular words but not nonwords. Assessments revealed that R.F. did not appear to... more
■ Many previous studies have shown that predictable words are read faster and lead to reduced neural activation, consistent with a model of reading in which words are activated in advance of being encountered. The nature of such... more
The Meaning Maintenance Model asserts that following a meaning threat, people will affirm any meaning,frameworks,that are available. Three experiments tested 1) whether people affirm alternative meaning,frameworks,after reading absurdist... more
Research in L2 reading motivation has gained impetus and provided many insights into understanding the components of motivation and factors that affect L2 learners in terms of reading motivation. Although many studies can be found on L1... more
The "average" patient has a literacy level of US grade 8 (age 13-14 years), but this may be lower for people... more
Malgré le caractère déterminant des déficits phonologiques pour l’émergence de la dyslexie chez l’enfant, d’autres hypothèses d’explication sont possibles concernant l’origine de ce trouble durable de l’apprentissage de la lecture. La... more
We use conceptual and empirical lenses to examine synergies between inquiry science and literacy teaching and learning of K-12 (kindergarten through high school) curriculum. We address two questions: (i) how can reading and writing be... more
This study investigated whether there are any significant differences between EFL and ESL readers in metacognitive reading strategies when they are reading academic texts in English. One hundred and ninety undergraduate students (96... more
This study examines the interaction between the fidelity of implementation of a set of research-based strategies-Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR)-and outcomes for students with mild to moderate disabilities using data from two... more
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