Reading electronic books as a support for vocabulary, story comprehension and word reading in kindergarten and first grade

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-31

  Korat, Ofra ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CD ROM storybook; First graders; Kindergarten children; Story comprehension; Vocabulary; Word reading

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; CEILING EFFECTS; CONTROL GROUPS; ELECTRONIC BOOKS; READING LEVEL; TREATMENT GROUP; WORD MEANING;

CD-ROM; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 77949655658     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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