Browsing by Author "Kendeou, Panayiota"
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Bridging Reading Comprehension and Conceptual Change in Science Education: The Promise of Refutation Text
Sinatra, Gale M.; Broughton, Suzanne H.; Diakidoy, Irene-Anna N.; Kendeou, Panayiota; van den Broek, Paul (Wiley, International Reading Association], 2011)The use of texts in science classrooms has waned significantly over the past two decades. However, recently, researchers have shown renewed interest in the use of refutation texts as a tool for promoting conceptual change ...
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Developing intelligence: Is a comprehensive theory possible?
Demetriou, Andreas P.; Spanoudis, George C.; Shayer, Michael; Kendeou, Panayiota; Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Spanoudis, George C. (Elsevier Inc; Elsevier Inc, 2015)This introduction first outlines the main issues and questions about mind and intelligence that need to be dealt with by disciplines such as differential, developmental, and cognitive, psychology. It then summarizes the ...
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The dimensionality of phonological abilities in Greek
Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Spanoudis,George C.; Kendeou, Panayiota (2009)The purpose of the present study was twofold: (a) to examine the unidimensionality of phonological abilities in Greek, a language with a transparent orthography, and (b) to compute the reliabilities and test the construct ...
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Evidence for the early emergence of the simple view of reading in a transparent orthography
Kendeou, Panayiota; Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Kotzapoulou, M. (2013)The main aim of the present study was to empirically test the emergence of the Simple View of Reading (SVR) in a transparent orthography, and specifically in Greek. To do so, we examined whether the constituent components ...
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Facilitating conceptual change in astronomy: A comparison of the effectiveness of two instructional approaches
Diakidoy, Irene-Anna N.; Kendeou, Panayiota (2001)The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of two instructional approaches in the acquisition of basic astronomy concepts. Sixty-three fifth-grade students were pre-tested on their knowledge of the ...
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Investigating the double-deficit hypothesis in Greek: Findings from a longitudinal study
Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Georgiou, George K.; Kendeou, Panayiota (2009)This study examined longitudinally the double-deficit hypothesis in Greek, an orthographically consistent language, following a group of children from kindergarten to Grade 2. Four groups were formed on the basis of two ...
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Investigating the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of Phonological Abilities in a Sufficiently Transparent Language
Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Kendeou, Panayiota; Spanoudis,George C. (2012)Theory-driven conceptualizations of phonological abilities in a sufficiently transparent language (Greek) were examined in children ages 5 years 8 months to 7 years 7 months, by comparing a set of a priori models. Specifically, ...
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Is there a remedy for reading difficulties? A comparison of two theory-driven programs.
Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Kendeou, Panayiota (2010)
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Processing demands of reading comprehension tests in young readers
Kendeou, Panayiota; Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Spanoudis,George C. (2012)In the present study we examined the processing demands of three reading comprehension tests, namely the Woodcock–Johnson Passage Comprehension (WJPC), a Curriculum-Based Measure test (CBM-Maze), and a Recall test, in the ...
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Reading about energy: The effects of text structure in science learning and conceptual change
Diakidoy, Irene-Anna N.; Kendeou, Panayiota; Ioannides, Christos (2003)The present study investigated the effects of text structure in the acquisition of the concept of energy and the overcoming of specific preconceptions associated with it. Cypriot sixth-grade students read either a simple ...
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Book Chapter
Reading Comprehension and PASS Theory
Kendeou, Panayiota; Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Spanoudis, George C. (2014)
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Reading comprehension tests and poor readers: How test processing demands result in different profiles
Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Kendeou, Panayiota; Shiakalli, Myria (2014)This study investigated different subtypes of poor readers, following an original group of 213 children from kindergarten to Grade 2. Four groups were formed on the basis of their performance on three reading comprehension ...
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Book Chapter
The use of CBM-Maze in Greek: A closer look at what it measures.
Kendeou, Panayiota; Papadopoulos, Timothy C. (University of Minnesota Press, 2012)