Reading with children

Forty children, 8 to 10 years old, and their parents participated in an experiment to assess the effects of adults and children reading together. It was hypothesized that children's interest in reading and reading fluency would be promoted by books that provided a venue for the children to both...

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Published in:Journal of applied developmental psychology 1998, Vol.19 (1), p.1-14
Main Author: Clarke-stewart, K.Alison
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child development
Developmental psychology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:Forty children, 8 to 10 years old, and their parents participated in an experiment to assess the effects of adults and children reading together. It was hypothesized that children's interest in reading and reading fluency would be promoted by books that provided a venue for the children to both read and be read to. Two books written for pre-adolescents were adapted so that they contained sections at a simpler reading level alternating with the sections at the more advanced reading level of the original text. The easy sections were read aloud by the children; the advanced sections, by their parents—in an interactive context in which the advanced-level text provided a “scaffold” for the child's reading. Compared to merely listening to their parents read the original stories, children benefitted from taking turns reading the adapted text with their parents in terms of enjoyment, attention, and reading fluency.
ISSN:0193-3973
1873-7900
DOI:10.1016/S0193-3973(99)80025-2