@article{PanedaLagoVaresetal.2020,
  author    = {Pa{\~n}eda, Claudia and Lago, Sol and Vares, Elena and Ver{\´i}ssimo, Jo{\~a}o Marques and Felser, Claudia},
  title     = {Island effects in Spanish comprehension},
  series = {Glossa : a journal of general linguistics},
  volume    = {5},
  journal   = {Glossa : a journal of general linguistics},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Open Library of Humanities},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {2397-1835},
  doi       = {10.5334/gjgl.1058},
  pages     = {30},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {A growing body of experimental syntactic research has revealed substantial variation in the magnitude of island effects, not only across languages but also across different grammatical constructions. Adopting a well-established experimental design, the present study examines island effects in Spanish using a speeded acceptability judgment task. To quantify variation across grammatical constructions, we tested extraction from four different types of structure (subjects, complex noun phrases, adjuncts and interrogative clauses). The results of Bayesian mixed effects modelling showed that the size of island effects varied between constructions, such that there was clear evidence of subject, adjunct and interrogative island effects, but not of complex noun phrase island effects. We also failed to find evidence that island effects were modulated by participants' working memory capacity as measured by an operation span task. To account for our results, we suggest that variability in island effects across constructions may be due to the interaction of syntactic, semantic-pragmatic and processing factors, which may affect island types differentially due to their idiosyncratic properties.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FestmanSchwieter2019,
  author    = {Festman, Julia and Schwieter, John W.},
  title     = {Self-concepts in reading and spelling among mono- and multilingual Children},
  series = {Behavioral Sciences},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Behavioral Sciences},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {MDPI AG},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2076-328X},
  doi       = {10.3390/bs9040039},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Cognitive representations and beliefs are what comprise an individual's self-concept. A positive self-concept is related to and influences academic achievement, and the relationship between a domain-specific self-concept and achievement in the same domain is positive and strong. However, insufficient attention has been paid to these issues among multilingual children. More importantly, since instruction strongly contributes to the development of metacognition and executive functions (EFs), and since the bilingual advantage hypothesis holds that the constant management of multiple languages entails benefits for EF, we bring together these important issues in the present study. We examine the relationship between domain-specific self-concepts and standardized assessment of reading and spelling competences against the background of potential differences in self-concept between monolingual and multilingual German children. While between-group comparisons revealed no significant differences for self-concept nor reading competency, monolinguals outperformed multilinguals in spelling. Correlations between domain-specific self-concepts and academic achievement in reading comprehension, reading fluency, and spelling were positive and significant for both groups. Regardless of language background, children's evaluations of their academic achievement (reading and spelling) were realistic. We argue, on a theoretical basis, that metacognition and EFs could facilitate a bilingual advantage and improve educational outcomes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{StutzSchaffnerSchiefele2017,
  author    = {Stutz, Franziska and Schaffner, Ellen and Schiefele, Ulrich},
  title     = {Measurement invariance and validity of a brief questionnaire on reading motivation in elementary students},
  series = {Journal of research in reading : a journal of the United Kingdom Reading Association},
  volume    = {40},
  journal   = {Journal of research in reading : a journal of the United Kingdom Reading Association},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {0141-0423},
  doi       = {10.1111/1467-9817.12085},
  pages     = {439 -- 461},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {In order to initiate more research on the role of reading motivation during the initial stages of learning to comprehend texts, we developed the Reading Motivation Questionnaire for Elementary Students (RMQ-E). The sample comprised 1497 elementary students in Grades 1-3. By means of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, three factors were determined: Curiosity, involvement and competition. The three-factor structure of the RMQ-E was found to be invariant across grade levels (scalar invariance) and across female and male students (strict invariance). As was anticipated, students in higher grades and male students were lower in curiosity and involvement than students in lower grades and female students. Whereas competitive reading motivation did not differ across grade levels, it was higher for boys than for girls. Moreover, the contributions of involvement and competition to reading amount and reading competence were in accordance with the hypotheses. The predictive validity of curiosity, however, was not confirmed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KochSprer2016,
  author    = {Koch, Helvi and Sprer, Nadine},
  title     = {Fostering reading comprehension in regular classrooms: Implementation and effectiveness of whole-class reciprocal teaching},
  series = {Zeitschrift f{\~A}¼r p{\~A}\idagogische Psychologie.},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {Zeitschrift f{\~A}¼r p{\~A}\idagogische Psychologie.},
  publisher = {Hogrefe},
  address   = {Bern},
  issn      = {1010-0652},
  doi       = {10.1024/1010-0652/a000176},
  pages     = {213 -- 225},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Zusammenfassung. Ziel war es, die Effektivit{\"a}t zweier Interventionen zur F{\"o}rderung der Lesekompetenz von F{\"u}nftkl{\"a}sslern zu untersuchen. Beide Treatments wurden von Regellehrkr{\"a}ften implementiert. Die eine Intervention war das reziproke Lehren, welches um Selbstregulationsprozeduren angereichert wurde (RT+SRL). Die zweite war eine von Lehrkr{\"a}ften konzipierte lesestrategiebasierte Unterrichtseinheit (Good Practice, GP). Zus{\"a}tzlich gab es eine No-Treatment-Kontrollgruppe (KG0). Insgesamt nahmen an der Studie N = 244 Sch{\"u}ler teil. Im Rahmen eines Pre-, Post-, Follow-Up-Test-Untersuchungsplans kamen standardisierte Leseverst{\"a}ndnisaufgaben, selbstkonstruierte Lesestrategieaufgaben und eine Selbstwirksamkeitsskala zum Einsatz. Kontrastierende Einzelvergleichsanalysen ergaben, dass sich die Sch{\"u}ler der Treatmentbedingung RT+SRL im Vergleich zu den Sch{\"u}lern der Kontrollgruppe zum Post-Test signifikant st{\"a}rker im Leseverst{\"a}ndnis, in der Lesestrategieanwendung und in der Selbstwirksamkeit verbesserten. Gleiches galt f{\"u}r die Lesestrategieanwendung zum Follow-Up-Test. Sch{\"u}ler der Bedingung GP konnten im Vergleich zu KG0-Sch{\"u}lern weder zum Post- noch zum Follow-Up-Test vorteilige Ergebnisse in den drei Kriteriumsmaßen erzielen. The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine the effects of two different teacher-led classroom reading literacy interventions in comparison to traditional literacy instruction (TLI). One of the interventions was reciprocal teaching combined with specifi c self-regulation procedures (RT + SRL). Another intervention was a good-practice program which was designed by a group of teachers (GP). Both treatments were strategy oriented programs to improve reading competence of fi fth graders. In total, there were N = 244 students taking part in this study. To evaluate the effects of the interventions in comparison to TLI we used standardized tests and experimenter-developed reading tasks, and a self-effi cacy scale. The study involved a pretest, posttest, and maintenance test design. Simple contrast analyses indicated that students in the intervention condition RT + SRL outperformed TLI students in reading comprehension and self-effi cacy at post-test and in strategy related task performance at post-and maintenance test. Students in the intervention condition GP, however, demonstrated no better results than students of TLI.},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{DumontNeumannNagyetal.2013,
  author    = {Dumont, Hanna and Neumann, Marko and Nagy, Gabriel and Becker, Michael and Rose, Norman and Trautwein, Ulrich},
  title     = {Class composition Effects in non-academic lower secondary school tracks in the state of Baden-W{\"u}rttemberg},
  series = {Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht : Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Forschung und Praxis},
  volume    = {60},
  journal   = {Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht : Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Forschung und Praxis},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Reinhardt},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  issn      = {0342-183X},
  doi       = {10.2378/peu2013.art16d},
  pages     = {198 -- 213},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {The study investigates the effects of classroom composition (average ability, achievement, and socio-economic background, proportion of immigrant students) on the development in mathematics achievement, and reading literacy from grade 5 to 6. The study draws on a sample of N=1892 students in vocational track schools (Hauptschule) and intermediate track schools (Realschule) in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. After controlling for school type, and between-school differences in student intake characteristics, none of the compositional characteristics showed a statistically significant effect on achievement development. School track was associated with the development of reading literacy even after controlling for individual differences; however, this relationship lost its statistical significance after the composition of the student body was additionally taken into account.},
  language  = {de}
}