Technology as a Support for Literacy Achievements for Children at Risk

1. Introduction: Technology as a Support for Literacy Achievements for Children at Risk
Adina Shamir, Ofra Korat

2. Effects of an Adaptive Game on Early Literacy Skills in At-Risk Populations
Adriana G. Bus, Cornelia A. T. Kegel

3. Giving All Children a Good Start: The Effects of an Embedded Multimedia Intervention for Narrowing the Vocabulary Gap Before Kindergarten
Susan B. Neuman

4. Video Storybooks: A Way to Empower Children at Risk
Maria T. Jong, Marian J. A. J. Verhallen

5. Print to Pixel: Foundations of an E-Book Instructional Model in Early Literacy
Kathleen Roskos, Karen Burstein

6. What Can Better Support Low SES Children’s Emergent Reading? Reading e-Books and Printed Books with and Without Adult Mediation
Ora Segal-Drori, Ofra Korat, Pnina S. Klein

7. The Effects of Multimedia on Early Literacy Development of Children at Risk: A Meta-analysis
Victor Daal, Jenny Miglis Sandvik

8. Teachers’ Use of Assessment to Instruction (A2i) Software and Third Graders’ Reading Comprehension Gains
Carol McDonald Connor, Barry Fishman, Elizabeth Crowe, Phyllis Underwood, Christopher Schatschneider, Fredrick J. Morrison

9. An Online Learning Community as Support for At-Risk Students’ Literacy Growth: Findings, Implications, and Challenges
William H. Teale, Katie Lyons, Linda Gambrell, Nina Zolt, Rebecca Olien, Donald J. Leu

10. Stimulating Self-Regulated Learning in Hypermedia to Support Mathematical Literacy of Lower-Achieving Students
Bracha Kramarski

11. Promoting Emergent Literacy of Children at Risk for Learning Disabilities: Do E-Books Make a Difference?
Adina Shamir, Ofra Korat, Renat Fellah

12. Early Literacy Interventions Using ICT in Children with SLI
Eliane Segers, Anna M. T. Bosman

13. Making a Difference: Using Laptops as a Support for Spelling Improvement Among Students with Learning Disability
Sigal Eden, Adina Shamir, Maayan Fershtman

14. Nonliteral Comprehension Deficits in Children with Learning Disabilities: Implication of Brain Imaging Technology
Nira Mashal

15. Use of Technology for Literacy Acquisition Among Children with Communication Difficulties
Orit E. Hetzroni

Keywords: Education, Literacy, Language Education, Educational Technology