Invented spelling activities in small groups and early spelling and reading

Our aim was to assess the impact of an invented spelling programme conducted in small groups on children’s written language acquisition in Portuguese. We expected the experimental group to have better post-test results than the control group in spelling and reading. Participants were 160 preschool-age children who were randomly divided into an experimental and a control group. Their age, cognitive ability, knowledge of letters and phonological abilities were controlled. Children’s spelling and reading were evaluated in a pre- and a post-test. Inbetween, experimental group participated in an invented spelling programme in small groups and the control group in story readings. The experimental group showed better results in spelling and reading in the post-test than the control one. Different dynamics occurred in the small groups which had different impacts on children’s acquisitions. These results provide empirical support for the proposal that invented spelling should be incorporated into early literacy instruction.

Students’ Self-Report of Motivational Orientation and Teacher Evaluation on Coping and Motivational Orientation Related to Elementary Students’ Mathematical Problem Solving and Reading Comprehension

The present study examined the correlations between motivational orientation and students’ academic performance in mathematical problem solving and reading comprehension. The main purpose is to see if students’ intrinsic motivation is related to their actual performance in different subject areas, math and reading. In addition, two different informants, students and teachers, were adopted to check whether the correlation is different by different informants. Pearson’s correlational analysis was a major method, coupled with regression analysis. The result confirmed the significant positive correlation between students’ academic performance and students’ self-report and teacher evaluation on their motivational orientation respectively. Teacher evaluation turned out with more predictive value for the academic achievement in math and reading. Between the subjects, mathematical problem solving showed higher correlation with most of the motivational subscales than reading comprehension did. The highest correlation was found between teacher evaluation on task orientation and students’ mathematical problem solving. The positive relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement was proved. The disparity between students ’ self-report and teacher evaluation on motivational orientation was also addressed with the need of further examination.

A Longitudinal Exploration of the Relationship Between Oral Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension Achievement Among a Sample of Diverse Young Learners

Exploring the relationship between early oral reading fluency ability and reading comprehension achievement among an ethnically and racially diverse sample of young learners from low-income families, attending elementary school within a large public school district in southeast Florida is the purpose of this longitudinal study. Although many studies have been conducted to address the relationship between oral reading fluency ability and reading comprehension achievement, most of the existing research failed either to disaggregate the data by demographic subgroups or secure a large enough sample of students to adequately represent the diverse subgroups. The research questions that guided this study were: (a) To what extent does early oral reading fluency ability measured in first, second, or third grade correlate with reading comprehension achievement in third grade? (b) To what extent does the relationship of early oral reading fluency ability and reading comprehension achievement vary by demographic subgroup membership (i.e., gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status) among a diverse sample of students? A predictive research design using archived secondary data was employed in this nonexperimental quantitative methods study of 1,663 third grade students who attended a cohort of 25 Reading First funded schools. The data analyzed derived from the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills Oral Reading Fluency (DIBELS ORF) measure administered in first, second, and third grades and the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test of the Sunshine State Standards (FCAT-SSS) Reading administered in third grade. Linear regression analyses between each of the oral reading fluency and reading comprehension measures produced significant positive correlations. Hierarchical regression analyses supported the predictive potential of all three oral reading fluency ability measures toward reading comprehension achievement, with the first grade oral reading fluency ability measure explaining the most significant variance in third grade reading comprehension achievement. Male students produced significant overall differences in variance when compared to female students as did the Other student subgroup (i.e., Asian, Multiracial, and Native American) when compared to Black, White, and Hispanic students. No significant differences in variance were produced between students from low and moderate socioeconomic families. These findings are vital toward adding to the literature of diverse young learners.

The Music and Reading Connection: Improving Literacy with Rapid Naming of Words and Music Notes

This poster presentation is an action research study about improving literacy with rapid naming of words and music notes for ESE students at a Title 1 Elementary school.

À descoberta do livro-brinquedo: objetos e práticas de promoção do gosto pelo livro e pela leitura em contexto de jardim de infância

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

Quando ler se torna um prazer: contributo da promoção da leitura literária na infância

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

A Hora do Conto: descobrir os livros e o prazer da leitura de histórias

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1ºCiclo do Ensino Básico

Educação literária: a hora do conto no 1º ciclo do ensino básico

Relatório de estágio de mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar e Ensino do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

L'àlbum i l'edició catalana, ara com ara: panorama del bienni 2008-2009

En aquesta aproximació al desenvolupament i situació de l'àlbum il·lustrat a Catalunya durant el bienni 2008-2009, es constata un increment del seu prestigi entre les diferents modalitats del llibre infantil i juvenil, tot i que determinades inèrcies no acaben de permetre'n la seva total eclosió. Tanmateix, s'ha pogut observar un interès creixent per l'àlbum dins els grups de recerca acadèmics on s'hi han iniciat diferents vies d¿estudi que haurien d'anar consolidant tant el terme "àlbum" com el contingut d'aquests llibres. També des dels espais virtuals es manifesta un dinamisme al respecte que no es constata en els mitjans de comunicació de masses. Finalment, cal deixar constància d'alguns dels títols més representatius i interessants del bienni i d'alguna de les activitats públiques o privades que han contribuït a dinamitzar-ne i consolidar-ne la presència.

Buenos libros, malas lectoras: la enfermedad moral de las mujeres del siglo XIX

El seu article parteix de l'afirmació que el destí de les dones al segle XIX està marcat, en la ficció, pel "bovarysme", malaltia que proposa que les dones s'emmalalteixen i moren perquè llegeixen malament. El treball analitza aquest problema de la "mala lectura" traçant un recorregut que va des de Fernán Caballero fins a Freud i es comenten alguns episodis de lectura que apareixen en la "Autobiografía" de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Clemencia, Amalia, Madame Bovary, María, La regenta i El caso Dora. Her article departs from the statement that the destiny of women in the 19th century is determined, in fiction, by "bovarysm", an illness which proposes that women get sick and die because they read incorrectly. The work analyzes this problem of "bad reading" tracing a journey from Fernán Caballero to Freud, and comments on several episodes about the act of reading, from Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's "Autobiography", Clemencia, Amalia, Madame Bovary, María, La Regenta and Dora's Case.

A favor dels clàssics d'aventures de la literatura juvenil

No entengueu aquest article com un clam nostalgic als herois i hero'ines de tots els temps. No el vegeu tampoc com una manca de reconeixement al gran esforç realitzat per escriptors i escriptores, món educatiu i editorial per ampliar l'oferta de literatura infantil i juvenil i posar a l'abast deis adolescents un ventall de títols i col-leccions que els motivin per a la lectura. Aquestes pagines ni tan sois pretenen entrar en la polemica sobre la funció literaria i pedagógica del corrent anomenat "realisme crític", amb reflexió psicológica, on s'hi tracten temes que permeten als adolescents identificar-se, de manera explícita, amb els infortunis que succeeixen als joves protagonistes. Adhuc, en aquest escrit es vol deixar al marge la qüestió deis límits entre literatura per a nens i joves i literatura per a adults.

Buenos libros, malas lectoras: la enfermedad moral de las mujeres del siglo XIX

El seu article parteix de l'afirmació que el destí de les dones al segle XIX està marcat, en la ficció, pel "bovarysme", malaltia que proposa que les dones s'emmalalteixen i moren perquè llegeixen malament. El treball analitza aquest problema de la "mala lectura" traçant un recorregut que va des de Fernán Caballero fins a Freud i es comenten alguns episodis de lectura que apareixen en la "Autobiografía" de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Clemencia, Amalia, Madame Bovary, María, La regenta i El caso Dora. Her article departs from the statement that the destiny of women in the 19th century is determined, in fiction, by "bovarysm", an illness which proposes that women get sick and die because they read incorrectly. The work analyzes this problem of "bad reading" tracing a journey from Fernán Caballero to Freud, and comments on several episodes about the act of reading, from Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's "Autobiography", Clemencia, Amalia, Madame Bovary, María, La Regenta and Dora's Case.

Los grandes libros, pequeñas bibliotecas

Todo gran libro lleva dentro una pequeña biblioteca; se hacen visibles sus libros en sus capítulos, sus líneas, sus palabras. Es la biblioteca portátil que llevaba su autor en la mente, en el alma, al escribirlo. Los lectores vamos descubriendo nuestras inquietudes, nuestras obsesiones, en las páginas de los libros que leemos si hay en ellos puentes para que podamos hacerlo. Luego, al hablar, casi sin darnos cuenta, acudimos a palabras, frases, a anécdotas de lo leído para hablar de nuestras ideas, de nuestros sentimientos. El escritor las convierte en carne y sangre de su propio texto. Si tuviéramos a nuestro alcance el fichero de las bibliotecas de los grandes creadores, podríamos comprobar cómo ellos liban de las flores de sus lecturas para sacar de sí la miel y hacer- la palabra escrita. Y sin tener a la vista estas bibliotecas, también podemos a menudo comprobarlo: basta un guiño del texto a otra obra para darnos la pista de lo que llenó un tiempo del escritor.

La complicidad con otros textos: las lecturas que asoman en las obras literarias.

Si hoy un filólogo quiere hacer un estudio a fondo de la obra de un escritor y sabe que tiene a mano su biblioteca, no dudará en consultarla: ella es el laboratorio de su creación literaria. Miguel de Cervantes nos dio una aguja para navegar por la mente o la actuación de su don Quijote en el capítulo del escrutinio de su biblioteca; no se mencionan todos los libros que en ella había, sino sólo aquellos que orientan al lector sobre lo que el hidalgo manchego sabe o piensa hacer imitando a sus héroes literarios.

Els hàbits lectors dels pares i les mares condicionen l'interès per la lectura dels seus fills i filles?

El tema que aquí ens ocupa és esbrinar quins són els hàbits de lectura dels pares i les mares i constatar si influeixen o no en l'adquisició d'aquests mateixos hàbits en els seus fills i filles. Les dades utilitzades per fer la investigació són el resultat de cinquantasis enquestes contestades per pares i mares d'infants d'educació primària, que ens serveixen per veure que la motivació dels infants envers la lectura no depèn només de la família, sinó també de l'escola i de la societat, que han de treballar conjuntament