Can inferencing be trained in preschoolers using shared book-reading? A randomised controlled trial of parents’ inference-eliciting questions on oral inferencing ability

The ability to make inferences is essential for effective language comprehension. While inferencing training benefits reading comprehension in school-aged children (see Elleman, 2017, for a review), we do not yet know whether it is beneficial to support the development of these skills prior to schoo...

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Published in:	Journal of child language 2020-05, Vol.47 (3), p.655-679
Main Authors:	DAVIES, Catherine, MCGILLION, Michelle, ROWLAND, Caroline, MATTHEWS, Danielle
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Ability Aptitude Child, Preschool Children & youth Comprehension Concept Formation Control Groups Education Educational Policy Efficacy Elementary Education Female Humans Inference Inferences Intervention Language Skills Literacy Literacy Education Male Mathematics Narratives Oral Reading Parent-child relations Parenting Parents Parents & parenting Preschool Children Reading Reading Comprehension Reading Skills Scaffolding Scaffolding (Teaching Technique) Semantic networks Semantics Shared reading Skills Teaching Methods Thinking Training Verbal Learning Vocabulary Vocabulary Development
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