caa a22 4500 469067101 CHVBK 20180323132911.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01027492 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01027492 Leong Che Department for the Eduction of Exceptional Children, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, S7N OWO, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada aut Enhancing reading comprehension with text-to-speech (DECtalk) computer system [Elektronische Daten] [Che Leong] The study aimed at enhancing text comprehension, assessed through inferencing questions in expository prose passages, in adolescent readers. A total of 67 grades 6, 7, and 8 readers, dichotomized into above and below average subgroups in reading, first read unaided the 12 computerized passages of about 200 words each. They were then provided with explanations of difficult words and sentence structures given either on-line or on-line plus DECtalk speech. Using a pre- and post-test design, it was found that the students gained in their reading comprehension across both training modes, but the efficacy of DECtalk together with on-line explanations was found with only 2 prose passages and mainly with above average readers. The findings are discussed within the context of situated and interactive computer learning environments. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 DECtalk nationallicence Reading comprehension nationallicence Text-to-speech nationallicence Training nationallicence Reading and Writing Kluwer Academic Publishers 4/2(1992-06-01), 205-217 0922-4777 4:2<205 1992 4 11145 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027492 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027492 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Leong Che Department for the Eduction of Exceptional Children, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, S7N OWO, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Reading and Writing Kluwer Academic Publishers 4/2(1992-06-01), 205-217 0922-4777 4:2<205 1992 4 11145 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer