Incorporating Interactive Electronic Storybooks into Shared Reading Programs by Kindergarten Teachers: A Multiple Case Study

This qualitative study investigated how two kindergarten teachers used interactive electronic storybooks (referred to as e-storybooks) for shared reading, as well as their attitudes towards adopting this tool as a resource for shared reading. The research inquiry was guided by three research questions: 1) What instructional strategies did the kindergarten teachers employ to try to achieve pedagogical effectiveness of the e-storybooks for shared reading programs? 2) What problems did the kindergarten teachers encounter in utilizing the e-storybooks for shared reading programs, and how did they try to overcome them? 3) What were the kindergarten teachers’ attitudes towards adopting e-storybooks as a resource for their reading block?

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Curriculum & Instruction

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Yang, Sha

Contributors dc:contributor

• Victoria Walker
• Timothy Newby
• Marisa Exter
• Judith Lysaker

• electronic storybooks
• kindergarten teachers
• multiple case study
• shared reading

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1437

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2653