TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing an educational E-book for fostering kindergarten children's emergent literacy
AU - Shamir, Adina
AU - Korat, Ofra
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This preliminary study investigated the effects of a novel educational electronic book (e-book) developed by the authors to further kindergarteners' emergent literacy skills within a "paired-learning" versus "individual learning" context. Of the 72 children randomly chosen from three kindergartens in a low SES township in the country where the research was conducted, 24 were randomly assigned to work individually and 48 (24 pairs) to work in pairs during the three e-book activity sessions. Pre- and post-intervention emergent literacy measures included word meaning, word recognition, emergent writing, phonological awareness, and letter naming. The findings show that overall emergent literacy levels of children in both learning groups improved from pre- to postintervention. Implications for educators and e-book designers are discussed.
AB - This preliminary study investigated the effects of a novel educational electronic book (e-book) developed by the authors to further kindergarteners' emergent literacy skills within a "paired-learning" versus "individual learning" context. Of the 72 children randomly chosen from three kindergartens in a low SES township in the country where the research was conducted, 24 were randomly assigned to work individually and 48 (24 pairs) to work in pairs during the three e-book activity sessions. Pre- and post-intervention emergent literacy measures included word meaning, word recognition, emergent writing, phonological awareness, and letter naming. The findings show that overall emergent literacy levels of children in both learning groups improved from pre- to postintervention. Implications for educators and e-book designers are discussed.
KW - E-books
KW - Emergent literacy
KW - Kindergarteners
KW - Paired learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34748848673&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/j025v24n01_09
DO - 10.1300/j025v24n01_09
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AN - SCOPUS:34748848673
SN - 0738-0569
VL - 24
SP - 125
EP - 143
JO - Computers in the Schools
JF - Computers in the Schools
IS - 1-2
ER -