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2. Preschoolers explore interactive storybook apps: The effect on word recognition and story comprehension.
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Marcy Zipke
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- 2017
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3. Teachers' thoughts on e-readers in the elementary school classroom.
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Marcy Zipke
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- 2013
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4. The Effects of Modeling the Use of Technology with Pre-Service Teachers
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Tanya Moorehead, Marcy Zipke, and Jeanne Carey Ingle
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Self-efficacy ,General Computer Science ,Computer science ,05 social sciences ,Educational technology ,050301 education ,050801 communication & media studies ,Library and Information Sciences ,Teacher education ,Education ,Pre service ,0508 media and communications ,Transfer of training ,Mathematics education ,Technology integration ,Multiple case ,Use of technology ,0503 education - Abstract
Multiple case study was used to explore the impact of a modeling approach on pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy and willingness to integrate technology into their elementary lessons. Three primary...
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- 2019
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5. Playing With Language: Improving Elementary Reading Through Metalinguistic Awareness
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Marcy Zipke and Marcy Zipke
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- Language awareness in children, Reading (Elementary)--Language experience approach, Metalanguage, Reading (Primary)--Language experience approach
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All students can benefit from a deeper understanding of how our language works. Playing With Language shows elementary school educators (K–6) how to think about, talk about, and manipulate language out of context. This cognitive skill set, known as metalinguistic awareness, is an important component of reading ability. This practical guide scales activities and teaching suggestions to students'age, linguistic background, and individual strengths and challenges. The authors offer suggestions for introducing metalinguistic concepts like phonological, semantic, and syntactic awareness with fun activities like games, songs, rhymes, and riddles. The book also identifies and explains research that supports using metalinguistic teaching with diverse students and English learners to build skills in multiple areas, including reading comprehension and decoding ability. Teachers will find that students introduced to language play become continually engaged with language, finding real-world examples with wonder and delight.Book Features:Compiles information on all forms of metalinguistic awareness (MA), spanning different linguistic units and developmental reading levels.Contains personal anecdotes and classroom-tested instructional recommendations for encouraging language play. Presents research on how individual language skills affect reading ability.Offers suggestions for full lesson plans with small groups or whole classes of children, as well as ideas for infusing MA activities into everyday exchanges and book choices.
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- 2021
6. Preparing Teachers to Teach with Technology: Examining the Effectiveness of a Course in Educational Technology
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Marcy Zipke
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Self-efficacy ,Technology education ,Medical education ,Sociology and Political Science ,Student teaching ,05 social sciences ,Educational technology ,050301 education ,Student teacher ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Technological literacy ,Education ,Technology integration ,0210 nano-technology ,Psychology ,0503 education - Abstract
The reasons elementary teachers choose not to use technology are many and varied. One commonly cited reason is that preservice programs are struggling to adequately prepare future teachers (e.g., B...
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- 2017
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7. Preschoolers explore interactive storybook apps: The effect on word recognition and story comprehension
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Marcy Zipke
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Multimedia ,Computer science ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Teaching method ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Library and Information Sciences ,computer.software_genre ,Literacy ,Education ,Comprehension ,Reading comprehension ,Reading (process) ,Word recognition ,Mathematics education ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Electronic publishing ,Tracking (education) ,business ,0503 education ,computer ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,media_common - Abstract
Two experiments explored the effects of reading digital storybooks on tablet computers with 25 preschoolers, aged 4---5. In the first experiment, the students' word recognition scores were found to increase significantly more when students explored a digital storybook and employed the read-aloud function than when they were read to from a comparable print book. Their comprehension scores did not change significantly in the two conditions. In Experiment 2, the same students explored digital storybooks with more animation embedded in them. The students listened to the read aloud function on the tablet computer and explored digital storybooks in both conditions, but in one condition a teacher guided the talk about the story. Contrary to expectations, the students' word recognition and story comprehension scores were higher in the independent condition than in the guided condition. One explanation for the higher word recognition scores when students were reading with the tablet computer is the effect of multimedia, like hotspots and/or text tracking. Although digital storybooks are not a substitute for adult interaction, these preschoolers learned surprisingly well on their own. The importance of digital storybook design, as well as what elements to look for in an e-book to encourage literacy learning are discussed.
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- 2016
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8. The importance of flexibility of pronunciation in learning to decode: A training study in set for variability
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Marcy Zipke
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Linguistics and Language ,Vocabulary ,Computer science ,Teaching method ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Pronunciation ,computer.software_genre ,050105 experimental psychology ,Language and Linguistics ,Education ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Set (psychology) ,media_common ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Flexibility (personality) ,Phonology ,Linguistics ,Transfer of training ,Word recognition ,Artificial intelligence ,business ,0503 education ,computer ,Natural language processing - Abstract
The ability to flexibly approach the pronunciation of unknown words, or set for variability, has been shown to contribute to word recognition skills. However, this is the first study that has attempted to teach students strategies for increasing their set for variability. Beginning readers ( N = 15) were instructed to correct oral mispronunciations and then systematically alter sounds in words with exception spellings, while a control group ( N = 15) was encouraged to decode passages without the set for variability instruction. It was hypothesized that this brief training would result in readers who are more persistent and more successful in attempting to read words with irregular spellings. Participants who received the experimental training made more attempts to read words with irregular spellings; however, they were not more successful in these attempts. It is argued that this means that set for variability is a teachable concept, in that students in this study acquired the strategy.
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- 2016
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9. Letter From the Editors
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Marcy Zipke and Elizabeth Richey
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Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Education - Published
- 2020
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10. Building an E-Book Library
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Marcy Zipke
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Pharmacology ,Linguistics and Language ,Multimedia ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Foreign language ,New literacies ,Educational technology ,Special needs ,Animation ,computer.software_genre ,Language and Linguistics ,Reading (process) ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Electronic publishing ,Quality (business) ,business ,Psychology ,computer ,media_common - Abstract
There is a wide range in the educational qualities and overall quality of interactive storybook apps for tablet computers (ebooks). Minimally, ebooks for young children present illustrations on a screen, accompanied by an oral reading of the text. Today's ebooks can also include animation, zooming in and out, musical scores, sound effects, text highlighting, built-in dictionaries, hotspots where the reader clicks to interact with a character or object, foreign language translations, and more. While some ebooks do represent quality children's literature presented in a format that optimizes the affordances of the technology, others more closely resemble cartoons. Therefore, teachers, school librarians, and other school officials need to become educated consumers who carefully consider which ebooks they are buying for young elementary students. This article gives guidelines for evaluating the educational potential of ebooks, and makes specific suggestions for resources on how to find high-quality apps for beginning readers.
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- 2013
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11. Teachers’ thoughts on e-readers in the elementary school classroom
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Marcy Zipke
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Enthusiasm ,Computer science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Primary education ,Educational technology ,New literacies ,Library and Information Sciences ,Variety (linguistics) ,Popularity ,Literacy ,Education ,Pedagogy ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Mathematics education ,Affordance ,media_common - Abstract
Despite the popularity of e-readers and the enthusiasm of some for their use in secondary education, their utility in elementary education has not yet been systematically explored. Some advantages and disadvantages to teaching elementary literacy with e-readers are identified here. A convenience sample of ten teachers from a variety of different types of elementary schools and classrooms who were e-reader novices read a chapter of a grade-appropriate book on a Kindle and evaluated its use for their students. The teachers gave their opinions and ideas on how the devices could be implemented. Three specific technological affordances of an e-reader that carry pedagogical implications are discussed: the text-to-speech and dictionary functions, and the idea of unlimited access to books.
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- 2012
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12. First Graders Receive Instruction in Homonym Detection and Meaning Articulation: The Effect of Explicit Metalinguistic Awareness Practice on Beginning Readers
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Marcy Zipke
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Linguistics and Language ,Vocabulary ,Context effect ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Metalinguistics ,Linguistics ,Education ,Homonym ,Metalinguistic awareness ,Transfer of training ,Phonological awareness ,Reading (process) ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Psychology ,media_common - Abstract
An experiment examined whether beginning readers can successfully learn to detect and define homonyms, and whether this ability correlates with vocabulary and/or phonological awareness. First graders received ambiguity instruction involving homonyms in isolation, in riddles, and in text. A control group received reading lessons without a metalinguistic component. Results showed that a very brief training program was effective in teaching students to identify multiple meanings of homonyms in isolation. No correlation existed between the ability to learn about homonyms and pretest oral language ability, indicating that this instruction is appropriate for all learners.
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13. Using Semantic Ambiguity Instruction to Improve Third Graders' Metalinguistic Awareness and Reading Comprehension: An Experimental Study
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Marcy Zipke, Helen Smith Cairns, and Linnea C. Ehri
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Metalinguistic awareness ,Reading comprehension ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Metalinguistics ,Psychology ,Humanities ,Linguistics ,Education - Abstract
An experiment examined whether metalinguistic awareness involving the detection of semantic ambiguity can be taught, and whether this instruction improves students' reading comprehension. Lower SES third graders from a variety of cultural backgrounds (M = 8 yr. 7 mo., N = 46) were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. Those receiving metalinguistic ambiguity instruction learned to analyze multiple meanings of words and sentences in isolation, in riddles, and in text taken from the Amelia Bedelia series (Parish, 1979, 1988). The control group received a book reading and discussion treatment to provide special attention and to rule out Hawthorne effects. Results showed that metalinguistic ambiguity instruction was effective in teaching students to identify multiple meanings of homonyms and ambiguous sentences and to detect inconsistencies in text. Moreover, this training enhanced students' reading comprehension on a paragraph completion task (WRMT-R) but not on a multiple-choice passage recall task (GMRT4), possibly because the two tests differ in the array of linguistic or cognitive correlates influencing performance. Comprehension monitoring was not found to mediate the relationship between ambiguity instruction and reading comprehension. Results carry implications for the use of language-based methods to improve reading comprehension in the classroom. [Note. Marcy Zipke discusses the research presented in this article in a podcast from the “Voice of Literacy”: http:www.voiceofliteracy.orgposts35281.] لقد استقصت تجربة إذا كان من الممكن أن يعلم وعي بما فوق اللغة بما فيه القدرة على تحديد الغموض المعنوي وكذلك إذا في استطاعة هذا التعليم أن يحسن استيعاب القراءة لدى الطلاب. وقد تم وضع طلاب الصف الثالث من الطبقة الاجتماعية المنخفضة على اختلاف خلفياتهم (المعدل = 8 سنوات 7 أشهر والعدد = 46) عشوائيا في مجموعتين معالجة وضابطة والذين تعرضوا لتعليم المعاني الغامضة ما فوق اللغة قد تعلموا القيام بتحليل عدة معان للكلمات والجمل في حالات الانعزال والفوازير والنص المأخوذ من سلسلة آميليا بديليا (باريش، 1979، 1988). وقد تعرضت المجموعة الضابطة لقراءة كتاب ومعالجته في النقاش لتوفير انتباه خاص واستبعاد تأيرات هاوثورن. وقد أشارت النتائج إلى أن تعليم المعاني الغامضة مفيد في توعية الطلاب كيف السبيل إلى تحديد المعاني المتعددة لدى الكلمات ذات اللفظة المجانسة والجمل الغامضة وتعيين التناقضات في النص. وبالإضافة إلى ذلك حسن هذا التدريب استيعاب الطلاب القرائي في واجب إكمال فقرة (دبليو أر إم تي – أر) لكن ليس في واجب استرجاع النص ذات الخيارات المتعددة (جي إم أر تي 4) وهنالك احتمال أنه يرجع عدم النجاح هذا الواجب إلى اختلاف الامتحانين من حيث مجموعة التناسبات الذهنية واللغوية التي تؤثر في الأداء. ووجدنا من خلال التجربة أن مراقبة الاستيعاب لم توسط العلاقة بين تعليم المعاني العامضة واستيعاب القراءة. وتحمل النتائج عواقب لاستخدام المناهج المبنية على اللغة كي يحسن استيعاب القراءة في الصف. [Podcast: http:www.voiceofliteracy.orgposts35281.] 本实验研究,考查在发觉有语义含糊时所涉及的元语言意识,是否可以教授给学生,而这样的教学,是否可以改进学生的阅读理解能力。被随机分配到试验组和对照组的受测试者,是来自多种不同文化背景低收入户的小学三年级学生(平均年龄=8岁7个月,人数=46)。试验组接受元语言语义含糊教学,学习分析在AmeliaBedelia系列丛书(Parish,1979,1988)中出現的单词、单句所含的多重意义,以及在谜语和语篇中词句所含的多重意义。对照组则接受书本阅读和讨论的处理;给予这组特别的关注,是要防止霍索恩效应。研究结果显示,元语言语义含糊教学,能有效地教授学生辨认出同音异义字词和语义含糊句子的多重意义,并能看出语篇中所含的不一致性语义。这种元语言教学能提高学生在段落完成任务(WRMT-R) 中所测验的阅读理解能力,但不能提高他们在多项选择的段落回忆任务 (GMRT4) 中所测试的阅读理解能力。这可能是因为該两个测验在语言或认知的关联关系中存在着很多的差别,因而影响到学生的表现。结果显示,阅读理解监控能力在元语言语义含糊教学与阅读理解的关系中,没有产生中介作用。研究结果为采用语言为主的教学方法以求改进阅读理解能力的课堂实践带来启示。 [Podcast: http:www.voiceofliteracy.orgposts35281.] Une experience a ete realisee afin d'examiner s'il est possible d'enseigner la conscience metalinguistique pour la detection de l'ambiguite semantique, et si cet enseignement permet d'ameliorer la comprehension de la lecture. On a assigne au hasard a des groupes experimental et controle des eleves faibles de milieu defavorise de troisieme annee provenant de differentes origines culturelles (M = 8.7 ans, N = 46). Ceux qui ont recu un enseignement relatif a l'ambiguite metalinguistique ont appris a analyser les divers sens de mots et de phrases isoles, de devinettes, et de textes tires de la collection d'Amelia Bedelia (Parish, 1979, 1988). Le groupe controle a eu un livre a lire et une discussion afin de beneficier d'une attention particuliere et eviter un effet Hawthorne. Les resultats montrent que l'enseignement de l'ambiguite semantique est efficace pour enseigner aux eleves a identifier les differents sens des homonymes et des phrases ambigues et pour detecter les anomalies dans le texte. En outre cet entrainement a developpe la comprehension de la lecture dans une tâche consistant a completer un paragraphe (WRMT-R), mais pas dans une tâche de rappel de passage a choix multiple (GMRT4), peut-etre parce que les deux tests sont differents en ce qui concerne les correlats linguistiques ou cognitifs qui jouent sur la performance. On n'a pas trouve que le pilotage de la comprehension intervienne entre l'enseignement de l'ambiguite et la comprehension de la lecture. Ces resultats ont des implications en ce qui concerne les methodes a utiliser pour ameliorer la comprehension de la lecture en classe. [Podcast: http:www.voiceofliteracy.orgposts35281.] Можно ли привить школьникам навыки металингвистического восприятия, в том числе, обнаружения семантической двусмысленности? Насколько такие навыки способствуют лучшему пониманию прочитанного? Третьеклассники из семей разного этнокультурного происхождения (46 человек, средний возраст – 8 лет и 7 месяцев) были беспорядочно определены либо в экспериментальную, либо в контрольную группу. Экспериментальная группа училась анализировать неоднозначную лексику и предложения: как отдельные слова и фразы, так и двусмысленности в загадках и в текстах, взятых из книг серии “Амелия Беделия” (Parish, 1979, 1988). Контрольная группа также читала книги, им тоже уделялось внимание, но так, чтобы исключить “Хоторнский эффект” (когда измеряемый параметр улучашется благодаря самому факту участия в эксперименте – прим. пер.). Результаты показали, что металингвистическое обучение, в т.ч. понимание двусмысленности, оказалось эффективно для распознавания учащимися значений омонимов и неоднозначных предложений и помогло им обнаружить несообразности в тексте. Более того, такой подход улучшает понимание прочитанного в объеме абзаца (WRMT-R), но не в тестах, где предложено выбрать один верный ответ из четырех по содержанию текста (GMRT4). Возможно, это происходит потому, что два этих теста отличаются по множеству лингвистических и когнитивных параметров, которые могут повлиять на результат. Мониторинг понимания не выявил связи между умением распознавать двусмысленности и пониманием прочитанного в целом. Полученные результаты имеют значение для применения языковых методов улучшения понимания прочитанного. [Podcast: http:www.voiceofliteracy.orgposts35281.] Se hizo un experimento para ver si es posible ensenar el estar conciente de la deteccion de ambiguedades linguisticas del lenguaje, y si tal instruccion mejora la comprension de lectura del estudiante. Estudiantes de tercer grado de varios trasfondos culturales con bajos SES (M = 8 anos 7 meses, N = 46) fueron asignados al azar a grupos de control y de tratamiento. Los que recibieron instruccion sobre la ambiguedad metalinguistica aprendieron a analizar los muchos posibles significados de palabras y oraciones por separado, en acertijos, y en textos de la serie escrita por Amelia Bedelia (Parish, 1979, 1899). El grupo de control recibio un tratamiento de lectura y discusion de un libro para darles atencion especial y descartar el efecto Hawthorne. Los resultados mostraron que la instruccion logro ensenarles a los estudiantes a identificar varios de los significados de homonimos y oraciones ambiguas y detectar incongruencias en textos. Ademas, este entrenamiento mejoro su comprension de la lectura en una tarea de completar el parrafo (WRMT-R) pero no en una tarea de escoger entre respuestas sobre un parrafo que habian leido (GMRT4), a lo mejor porque tales examenes difieren en el orden de correlativos linguisticos o cognitivos que afectan su ejecucion. Se encontro que controlar la comprension no afecta la relacion entre la instruccion sobre ambiguedades y la comprension de la lectura. Los resultados muestran que el uso de metodos basados en el lenguaje para mejorar la comprension de lectura en el salon de clase tiene consecuencias. [Podcast: http:www.voiceofliteracy.orgposts35281.]
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14. Teaching Metalinguistic Awareness and Reading Comprehension With Riddles
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Marcy Zipke
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Pharmacology ,Linguistics and Language ,Metalinguistic awareness ,Reading comprehension ,Early adolescence ,Metalinguistics ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Psychology ,Humanities ,Language and Linguistics ,Linguistics - Abstract
New evidence shows that some types of metalinguistic awareness could be important for reading comprehension in much the same way that phonemic awareness is important for learning to decode. In a recent study, students between 7 and 9 years old were taught to manipulate language and understand the multiple meanings of ambiguous words and sentences. This brief training program resulted in improved scores on standardized tests of reading comprehension. One of the most successful elements of this training was a session on understanding and producing riddles. Riddles are the perfect medium for learning how to manipulate language for many reasons, including students' familiarity with them and motivation for reading them. This paper contains the procedures used for writing riddles with primary-grade students as well as observations on the riddling abilities that can be expected from students with widely varying reading abilities. تبين نتائج الأبحاث الجديدة أن بعض أنواع الوعي ما فوق اللغة قد تكون هامة لاستيعاب القراءة أسوة بأهمية الوعي لعلم الأصوات في تعلم فك الرموز. وفي بحث علمي حديث تعلم طلاب تتراوح أعمارهم بين 7 و 9 سنوات كيف يعالجون اللغة ويفهمون تعدد معاني الكلمات والجمل الغامضة. ونتيجة لهذا التدريب الوجيز فقد تحسنت العلامات في الامتحانات المعيارية لاستيعاب القراءة. وكان من أنجح عناصر هذا التدريب جلسة عن فهم فوازير وإنتاجها إذ الفوازير الوسيلة المثلى لتعلم كيفية معالجة اللغة لأسباب عدة بما فيها معرفة الطلاب بها والدافع لقراءتها وبالتالي تشتمل هذه الورقة على العمليات المستخدمة لكتابة الفوازير مع الطلاب في المدرسة الابتدائية بالإضافة إلى الملاحظات حيال قدرات إنتاج الفوازير التي قد نتوقعها من الطلاب ذوي امكانيات القراءة المتنوعة. 新证据显示有若干种类的超语言意识对阅读理解的重要性,可能是相比于音素意识对单字解码的重要性。在最近的研究中,介乎七岁至九岁的学生接受训练,学习如何控制语言和理解带有多种意义的字词与句子。这个短暂训练的结果是改善了学生在标准化阅读理解测验的成绩。这训练其中最成功的要素是指导学生如何理解和创作谜语。谜语是学习如何控制语言的最好的媒介,其原因有多种,包括了学生对谜语的熟悉和学生对阅读谜语的兴趣。本文阐述有关小学生写作谜语的教学程序,以及报告有关阅读能力极参差的学生所预期的谜语理解和创作能力的观察结果。 De nouvelles recherches montrent que certains types de conscience metalinguistique peuvent etre importants pour la comprehension en lecture, tout autant que la conscience linguistique est importante pour l'apprentissage du decodage. Dans une etude recente, on a enseigne a des eleves âges de 7 a 9 ans a manipuler la langue et a comprendre les multiples sens de mots et de phrases ambigus. Ce programme bref d'entrainement a eu pour resultat une amelioration des resultats a des tests standardises de comprehension en lecture. Un des elements les plus reussis de cet entrainement a ete une session de comprehension et de production de devinettes. Pour differentes raisons les devinettes sont le meilleur moyen d'apprendre a manipuler la langue, y compris le fait que les eleves sont familiers des devinettes et qu'ils sont motives pour les lire. Ce texte indique les procedures utilisees pour ecrire des devinettes avec des eleves d'ecole elementaire, ainsi que des observations sur les competences en devinette que l'on peut attendre d'eleves ayant des niveaux tres differents de competence en lecture. Подтвердилась гипотеза о том, что некоторые типы металингвистического понимания важны для понимания прочитанного в той же мере, в какой фонематическое понимание необходимо для декодирования устной речи. В рамках недавно проведенного исследования школьников 7–9 лет учили понимать различные значения неоднозначных слов и предложений. Обучавшиеся по этой короткой программе ученики более успешно справились со стандартными тестами на понимание прочитанного. Один из самых продуктивных элементов программы – работа над восприятием и созданием загадок. Загадки – идеальный способ научить ребенка языковым манипуляциям, поскольку – помимо прочего – дети их знают и охотно их читают. В статье описывается, как сочинять загадки вместе с учениками начальной школы. Также представлены наблюдения о том, как связано умение ребенка загадывать загадки, с одной стороны, и умение читать, с другой. Hay nueva evidencia que algunas formas de conciencia metalinguistica podrian ser importantes para la comprension de lectura, asi como una conciencia fonemica es importante para aprender a descifrar. En un estudio reciente, se les enseno a estudiantes de 7 a 9 anos de edad como manipular el lenguaje y entender la variedad de significados de palabras y oraciones ambiguas. Este programa corto de entrenamiento logro mejores calificaciones en examenes Standard de comprension de lectura. Uno de los componentes mas exitosos de este entrenamiento fue una sesion sobre entender y crear adivinanzas. Las adivinanzas son un medio idoneo para aprender a manipular el lenguaje por muchas razones, incluyendo lo familiar que son los estudiantes con las adivinanzas y su interes en leerlas. Este articulo muestra los procedimientos usados para que estudiantes de primaria escribieran adivinanzas. Este articulo tambien incluye observaciones sobre las destrezas para escribir adivinanzas que se pueden esperar de estudiantes con habilidades de lectura muy disimilares.
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- 2008
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15. The Role of Metalinguistic Awareness in the Reading Comprehension of Sixth and Seventh Graders
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Marcy Zipke
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Linguistics and Language ,Vocabulary ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Teaching method ,Metalinguistics ,Ambiguity ,Literal and figurative language ,Linguistics ,Education ,Comprehension ,Metalinguistic awareness ,Reading comprehension ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Psychology ,Cognitive psychology ,media_common - Abstract
While it is generally acknowledged that metalinguistic awareness plays a role in decoding ability (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000), less is known about the role metalinguistic awareness plays in comprehension. In the present study, structural riddles and ambiguous sentences differing in the source of linguistic ambiguity were used to study the importance of metalinguistic awareness in reading comprehension. One hundred sixth and seventh graders were tested on 25 structural riddles and 40 ambiguous sentences. Performance was correlated with scores on the reading comprehension and vocabulary subtests of the GMRT4 (MacGinitie, MacGinitie, Maria, & Dreyer, 2000). It was found that both tasks correlated significantly with reading comprehension and vocabulary. A multiple hierarchical regression found that riddle solving explained unique variance in the reading comprehension scores, after vocabulary was statistically controlled. This is interpreted as evidence that metalinguistic ...
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- 2007
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