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Overview

Ofra Korat is affiliated with Bar-Ilan University in Israel and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a focus on Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology. Their work extensively examines aspects of child development and digital technology, reading and literacy development, ICT in developing communities, language development and disorders, and education and technology integration.

Their recent publications include research on the interaction between digital tools and early literacy skills. Notable papers authored by Ofra Korat comprise:

  • E-book reading in kindergarten and story comprehension support (2021, Reading and Writing)
  • Vocabulary enrichment using an E-book with and without kindergarten teacher's support among LSES children (2021, Early Child Development and Care)
  • What Contributes to Word Learning and Story Retelling of Arabic-speaking Children? Investigation of an E-book Reading Intervention (2021, Literacy Research and Instruction)

Other significant works in the same timeframe include studies led by co-authors such as Safieh Hassunah-Arafat and Menahem Yeari, highlighting collaborative efforts within related domains. The venues where Ofra Korat has frequently published include:

  • Reading and Writing
  • Education and Information Technologies
  • Early Child Development and Care
  • Literacy Research and Instruction
  • The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy

Co-authorship and collaborative research are part of Korat's scholarly activities, with frequent research partners being Merav Tourgeman, Ora Segal-Drori, Safieh Hassunah-Arafat, Dorit Aram, and Menahem Yeari.

Their research topics highlight a multidisciplinary approach encompassing:

  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • ICT in Developing Communities
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Education and Technology Integration

Best Publications

  • Reading electronic books as a support for vocabulary, story comprehension and word reading in kindergarten and first grade

    Ofra Korat

  • Electronic books versus adult readers: effects on children's emergent literacy as a function of social class

    Ofra Korat;Adina Shamir

  • The educational electronic book as a tool for supporting children's emergent literacy in low versus middle SES groups

    O. Korat;A. Shamir

  • Reading Electronic and Printed Books with and without Adult Instruction: Effects on Emergent Reading.

    Ora Segal-Drori;Ofra Korat;Adina Shamir;Pnina S. Klein

  • Maternal mediation in book reading, home literacy environment, and children’s emergent literacy: a comparison between two social groups

    Ofra Korat;Pnina Klein;Ora Segal-Drori

  • Direct and Indirect Teaching: Using E-Books for Supporting Vocabulary, Word Reading, and Story Comprehension for Young Children

    Ofra Korat;Adina Shamir

  • Promoting vocabulary, phonological awareness and concept about print among children at risk for learning disability: can e-books help?

    Adina Shamir;Ofra Korat;Renat Fellah

  • How to Select CD-ROM Storybooks for Young Children: The Teacher's Role.

    Adina Shamir;Ofra Korat

  • The effects of CD-ROM storybook reading on low SES kindergarteners' emergent literacy as a function of learning context

    Adina Shamir;Ofra Korat;Nili Barbi

  • How New Technology Influences Parent—child Interaction: The Case of e-book Reading:

    Ofra Korat;Tal Or

  • Do Hebrew electronic books differ from Dutch electronic books? A replication of a Dutch content analysis

    Ofra Korat;Adina Shamir

  • The contribution of early home literacy activities to first grade reading and writing achievements in Arabic

    Dorit Aram;Ofra Korat;Safieh Hassunah-Arafat

  • Sociodramatic Play as Opportunity for Literacy Development: The Teacher's Role.

    Ofra Korat;Etti Bahar;Miriam Snapir

  • Developing an Educational E-Book for Fostering Kindergarten Children's Emergent Literacy.

    Adina Shamir;Ofra Korat

  • Sensitivity to phonological, morphological, and semantic cues in early reading and writing in Hebrew

    Iris Levin;Ofra Korat

  • Expanding the Boundaries of Shared Book Reading: E-Books and Printed Books in Parent-Child Reading as Support for Children's Language.

    Ofra Korat;Adina Shamir;Shani Heibal

  • Contextual and non-contextual knowledge in emergent literacy development: A comparison between children from low SES and middle SES communities

    Ofra Korat

  • The effects of CD-ROM storybook reading on Israeli children's early literacy as a function of age group and repeated reading

    Ofra Korat

  • Ten years after: Revisiting the question of e-book quality as early language and literacy support

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  • Maternal beliefs, mother–child interaction, and child's literacy: Comparison of independent and collaborative text writing between two social groups

    Ofra Korat;Iris Levin

  • Early literacy among Arabic-speaking kindergartners: The role of socioeconomic status, home literacy environment and maternal mediation of writing

    Dorit Aram;Ofra Korat;Elinor Saiegh-Haddad;Safieh Hassunha Arafat

  • The Effect of Activity with E-Book on Vocabulary and Story Comprehension: A Comparison between Kindergarteners at Risk of Learning Disabilities and Typically Developing Kindergarteners

    Adina Shamir;Ofra Korat;Inessa Shlafer

Frequent Co-Authors

Iris Levin
Iris Levin Tel Aviv University

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