• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.492-500
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate (1) the aspect of the correlation among subcategories in English reading anxiety, (2) the aspect of the cause and effect relation. The reading anxiety was measured by a questionnaire. Then, the results were analyzed by SPSS program. The findings of this study were as follows: First, most of the sub-elements in reading anxiety in both groups correlate with one another even though the overall coefficient of correlation in high achievement group is rather higher. Second, it is also found that the lack of confidence for reading has negative influence on entire reading anxiety in both groups, which is followed by lengthy reading, evaluation and general anxieties in consecutive order. The implication of this study is that the teachers and students should be aware that the constituents of reading anxiety not only correlate with one another, but have great deal of relative influence on reading process. Therefore, teachers should organize a learning environment where learners can minimize the feeling of anxiety.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.630-638
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• 2015

This study examines university students' reading strategies based on English proficiency and reading anxiety. A total of 86 university students participated in the study and completed two questionnaires related to reading strategies[9] and reading anxiety[10]. The collected data was quantitatively analyzed using SPSS 21. The results indicated that advanced and intermediate students preferred to use Problem Solving Strategies(PROB), whereas beginning level readers tended to use and Global Reading strategies(GLOB). There was no significant relationship between reading anxiety and reading strategies. However, there were some differences between two groups. High anxiety students preferred to use reading materials and textual clues and try to focus on their reading when they have a difficulty. Low anxiety students tended to adjust reading pace and try to focus on comprehension and reread when they lost their focus. Based on the results of the study, several implications and limitations were discussed.

• Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.299-314
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• 2023

This study aimed to examine whether there are differences in reading performance between digital and print media by measuring reading speed of paragraphs on print materials and tablet PC. To investigate whether the physical characteristics of the media influence reading performance, the format of text was kept as similar as possible between print and digital media. We also compared conditions in which paragraphs consisted of either long or short sentences to explore if there were differential effects on reading performance based on sentence length across different media. Additionally, reading speed was analyzed based on reading span to investigate whether there were differences in reading performance according to participants' working memory capacity. As a result, reading speed was faster when reading print media compared to digital media. However, there was no difference in reading speed based on the length of sentences composing the paragraphs. Participants with a higher reading span exhibited faster reading speed compared to participants with a lower reading span. Moreover, participants with a higher reading span read paragraphs composed of long sentences faster on print media than on digital media. The findings of this study suggest that visual fatigue induced by tablet PCs and participants' working memory capacity may impact reading speed.

• 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.01a
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• pp.101-107
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• 2010

컴퓨터와 통신 기술이 발달한 정보화 사회의 현실에서 웹 기반의 프로그램 및 모바일은 중요한 매체로서 자리잡아가고 있다. 읽기는 정보 획득에서 가장 중요한 학습능력이나 학습장애아의 대부분이 읽기능력에서 문제를 가지고 있다. 오늘날 컴퓨터의 발달은 아동의 언어교육 특히 읽기 교육을 위해서 시간과 공간의 제약을 넘어 자주적으로 학습할 수 있는 모바일 활용 학습을 가능하게 하고 있다. 본 논문의 목적은 학습장애아들의 읽기 능력을 향상하기 위한 PREP 기반의 모바일 시스템을 설계하는 데 있다. 본 시스템을 통해 첫째, 학습장애아들의 읽기 능력 프로그램이 특수교사, 일반교사, 학생과 상호협력 할 수 있는 프로그램을 제공함으로써 학습장애아의 읽기 능력에 대한 진전도를 점검하고 학습능력을 향상시킬 수 있도록 설계하였다. 둘째, 학습자의 개별적 수준에 따라 수준별 학습을 제공하여 다양한 학생의 개별적 수준을 충족할 수 있도록 설계함으로써 학습장애아동의 읽기능력 향상에 기여할 수 있다. 셋째, 모바일 기기를 통해 공간적, 시간적 제약을 벗어남으로써 기존의 PREP 프로그램을 적용하는 것보다 효과적으로 읽기 능력을 향상시킬 수 있다.

• The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.25-35
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• 2018

Objective : The purpose of this study was to identify changes in reading ability among children with Borderline Intelligence by applying an electronic media reading training protocol. Methods : A picture book reading training protocol was applied to 10 childrens with borderline intelligence using electronic media to improve reading skills. This protocol was performed for 10 session once a week. After the analysis of the content validity index about the protocol presented in this study, this prococol was applied to the subjects. To analyze the changes of the reading ability for the subjects, KNISE-BAAT type A and B reading test were used. Results : According to the tests taken before and after implementing, the Application of Picture Booking Training Protocol using Electronic Media there was a significant improvement in Reading ability (Understanding words, Completion sentence, Vocabulary selection, Vocabulary arrangement, Understanding short text). However, there was no significant difference in Oral Reading. Conclusion : Application of Picture Booking Training Protocol using Electronic Media may be used as a beneficial measure to improve the reading abilities of children with Borderline Intellectual.

• Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.649-667
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• 2015

This study handled underachievement issue of gifted students by developing and validating educational programs as a solution, or relief, of their academic underachievement problems. The proposed educational program was designed to enhancing reading comprehension ability of gifted students with underachievement. Based on comprehensive literature review, this study found that key issues of underachievement have to do with learning strategy, and also that learning strategy was established as 'reading comprehension strategy.' Considering diverse reading comprehension models and strategies suggested by preceding studies, the reading comprehension strategy program in Korean was customized for underachieving gifted students on the middle school level. The effectiveness of the reading comprehension strategy program as a solution to underachievement of gifted students was explored by applying the developed program to 36 identified students after school twice a week for 6 weeks, conducting pre- and post-tests that were selected to measure their reading comprehension abilities, collecting their academic achievement data before and after the intervention by this study, and interviewing students. As the results of this study, reading metacognition ability, reading comprehension skills, and school grades of gifted students with underachievement were meaningfully improved as a group. On the individual level, 12 identified students, exactly one third of the whole group of underachieving gifted students, showed so improved academic achievement as we can say they overcame underachievement based on the Supplee's definition.

• Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.191-206
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• 2006

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of verbal working memory and the spatial working memory on children's text comprehension. The reading span and the operation span of the reading deficient children were smaller than that of the reading normal children, but the two groups did not differ in the visual span. Reading deficient children got lower score in the comprehension tests than reading normal children, and the difference was larger for the expository text than the narrative text. The involvement of visual working memory in reading narrative texts were more directly tested in Experiment 2 by asking the children do a secondary memory task before they answered the comprehension test. Reading normal children suffered more under auditory secondary memory condition for both narrative and expository texts, whereas reading deficient children suffered under visual secondary memory condition for narrative texts as well. The results of the two experiments suggested that the spatial working memory can be involved in text comprehension process, especially with reading deficient children.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.295-304
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• 2015

We assessed reading-related skills in children with reading comprehension difficulties ("Poor comprehenders"), word decoding difficulties ("Poor decoders") and normal readers, matched for age and nonverbal IQ. The reading-related skill tests used in our study are phonological processing, visual processing test, and receptive vocabulary test. The authors argue that children who had difficulty in reading comprehension had lower scores only on the phonological short-term memory test compared with normal readers, although their performance on receptive vocabulary and visual processing tests are comparable to normal readers. The results of our study revealed that poor decoders had lower scores on the phonological processing, visual processing, and receptive vocabulary tests.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.201-210
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• 1992

이 논문은 문장음성 변환시스템인 글소리II를 위한 읽기규칙에 관한 것이다. 읽기규칙이란 텍스트를 소리나는대로 읽어주는 모든 처리를 말한다. 읽기규칙의 가장 대표적인 음운변동규칙을 비롯하여 모음의 발음, 장음처리, 숫자읽기, 약어 및 기호읽기 등이 포함된다. 이 논문에서는 음운변동규칙을 6개의 대규칙과 22개의 소규칙으로 정리하고, 대규칙들 사이의 적용순서를 정의하였다. 그리고 단어의 장단이 중시되는 우리말의 특성을 반영할 수 있도록 장음처리부분을 추가하였다. 위의 읽기규칙으로 처리할 수 없는 부분에 대해서는 예외발음사전을 이용하고 있다.

• 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.08a
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• pp.249-254
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• 2009

본 연구는 초등학교 읽기 부진 학생의 학업 성취도를 증진시킬 수 있는 Blended learning 설계 전략을 제시하는데 목적이 있다. 이에 따라 읽기 부진아의 원인 및 특성, Blended learning의 개념과 유형에 관한 선행연구를 고찰하고, 읽기 학습부진아의 원인과 개별적 특성을 바탕으로 오프라인과 온라인 학습을 결합한 Blended learning 설계 전략을 탐구하였다. 본 연구에서 제시하는 Blended learning 설계 전략에 따라 읽기 학습부진아를 지도한다면 읽기 학습부진아의 학습참여도 향상과 학업성취도 증진에 많은 도움이 될 것이며, 읽기 학습부진아 지도를 위한 학습 프로그램 개발에 필요한 노력과 비용이 줄어들 것으로 기대된다.