Publications [#349172] of Karla Holloway

Essays/Articles/Chapters in Books

1. Holloway, KFC. "The effects of basal readers on oral language structures: A description of complexity." Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 15.2 (March, 1986): 141-151. [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/01/01)

   Abstract:
   This report describes preliminary results of a research project to determine the effects of basal readers on productive and responsive (P/R) language. The research population consisted of 25 kindergarten and first-grade children, average age 6 years 4 months. Each child met with the interviewer three times: (1) to elicit a natural language sample, (2) to elicit (P/R) language following oral reading of a basal text, and (3) to elicit (P/R) language following oral reading of a story whose language matched, in complexity and length, their natural language sample. Results indicated that after children read a basal text, P/R language was significantly lower than their natural language. After children read a story whose language matched their natural language, P/R language was not significantly different from their natural language sample. The study implies that basal readers' language structures have a deleterious effect on (P/R) language of readers in their oral reactions to text. © 1986 Plenum Publishing Corporation.