Sources: Bugs, Bogs, Bats, and Books: Sharing Nature with Children through Reading

Pseudo-Synesthesia through Reading Books with Colored Letters

BACKGROUND Synesthesia is a phenomenon where a stimulus produces consistent extraordinary subjective experiences. A relatively common type of synesthesia involves perception of color when viewing letters (e.g. the letter 'a' always appears as light blue). In this study, we examine whether traits typically regarded as markers of synesthesia can be acquired by simply reading in color. METHODOLO...

Of Books and Reading.

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Books, Reading, and Undergraduate Education

A~STRACT FORECASTS OF THE DEMISE OF THE printed book or codex and the associated changes in the academic library foster valid questions about the continuing place of reading and print media in American colleges. This article cites the increasing interest paid to information technologies by higher education, particularly college libraries, and the corresponding competition from radio, television...

Reading books with young deaf children: strategies for mediating between American Sign Language and English.

Research on shared reading has shown positive results on children's literacy development in general and for deaf children specifically; however, reading techniques might differ between these two populations. Families with deaf children, especially those with deaf parents, often capitalize on their children's visual attributes rather than primarily auditory cues. These techniques are believed to...

The Nature of Knowledge and its Sharing through Models