background: the inappropriate use of handouts and notes is a common academic problem among students. students' notes are too brief and incomplete in compare with references; hence they may not cover the required content for the courses. the aim of this paper is to analyze students' attitude toward reading handouts and notes instead of references. methods: in this analytical and descri...

Dynamic Assessment (DA) has been shown to have more predictive value than conventional tests for academic performance. However, in relation to reading difficulties, further research is needed to determine the predictive validity of DA for specific aspects of the different processes involved in reading and the differential validity of DA for different subgroups of students with an academic disad...

Printed books have long been an important means for people to obtain knowledge; nevertheless, educators have pointed out problems of learning from some printed books, in particular, the lack of learning supports, such as supplementary materials and learning guiding tools. In this study, a concept map-oriented ubiquitous learning approach is proposed for supporting printed science book reading a...

The goals of the present study were to compare reliability and convergent validity two reading attitude measures for beginning readers get more insight into children’s around transition formal instruction. 468 children in kindergarten Grade 1 completed a traditional questionnaire based on Aarnoutse’s (1990) Reading Attitude Scale an alternative instrument Nielen et al.’s (2016) Picture Evaluati...

Canines can provide emotional support, create a nonjudgmental environment, facilitate positive social interactions, and shape student behavior. This study investigated the impact of canine-assisted reading program on four second-grade students' fluency attitudes toward reading. Oral (ORF) was measured using ORF probes, were with Elementary Reading Attitude Survey. Although skills did not improv...

Background: the inappropriate use of handouts and notes is a common academic problem among students. Students' notes are too brief and incomplete in compare with references; hence they may not cover the required content for the courses. The aim of this paper is to analyze students' attitude toward reading handouts and notes instead of references. Methods: In this analytical and descriptive stud...

included a review of some notable empirical evidence, analyzed and related in a wellthought out epidemiologic fashion. While the text is necessarily complex in parts, its appeal should not be limited; there is something in it to interest everyone. Perhaps a more rational and less zealous attitude concerning the use of marijuana, and its impact on us all, will accompany a widespread reading of t...