reading instruction

Reading achievement is influenced by a variety of cognitive and affective elements, with reading motivation and metacognitive awareness identified as two of the most important. This study examined (1) the relationship of students' reading motivation and reading achievement, (2) the relationship between metacognitive awareness and reading achievement, and (3) the combined contribution of reading motivation and metacognitive awareness to reading achievement among eleventh-grade students at SMAN 1 Sungai Lilin. Employing a quantitative correlational research design, The population for this research comprised 344 students enrolled in the eleventh grade from ten classes. Cluster random sampling was then applied to obtain a sample of 106 students. Data were gathered through the Motivation for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ), the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS), and a reading achievement test. The obtained data were processed and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 25, which included descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation, partial correlation, and multiple regression. The findings showed that a positive relationship of moderate strength was associated with reading achievement (r = .600, p < .001), whereas metacognitive awareness demonstrated a strong positive relationship with reading achievement (r = .791, p < .001). In addition, the partial correlation analysis revealed a significant but weak positive association between reading motivation and metacognitive awareness after controlling for reading achievement (r = .304, p = .002). Reading motivation and metacognitive awareness explained 64.5% of the variation associated with reading achievement (R² =.645), according to the multiple regression analysis. These findings underscore the important roles of both reading motivation and metacognitive awareness in supporting students' reading achievement and suggest that both factors should be explicitly integrated into reading instruction to enhance students' reading performance

Reading is one of the main ways through which middle school students learn English, and the quality of their reading depends largely on the level of thinking involved in the learning process. In actual teaching, however, many reading tasks remain at a low cognitive level, and students encounter difficulty when questions require inference, evaluation, or creation. SOLO taxonomy, which describes the structural complexity of observable learning outcomes, provides a basis for planning and assessing reading tasks across cognitive levels. Drawing on representative studies from China and abroad, this paper reviews research on the application of SOLO taxonomy in English reading teaching in middle schools. It traces the origin and development of the taxonomy, analyzes its compatibility with reading teaching, and examines two lines of applied research, namely SOLO-based reading teaching design and SOLO-based reading teaching assessment. The review indicates that design research has consolidated a working model of tiered objectives, ascending tasks, and question chains, while assessment research has produced level descriptions, evaluation scales, and process-oriented frameworks. And the two lines converge on aligning objectives, activities, and assessment within one level system. The field nevertheless remains constrained by predominantly case-based methods, scarce controlled or longitudinal evidence, and uneven attention between junior and senior high schools. The review concludes that SOLO taxonomy provides an operational definition of thinking depth in reading and supports the integration of teaching, learning, and assessment, but that future work requires more rigorous empirical designs, validated instruments, and broader coverage of learners and reading contexts.

This study examined the relationship between teachers’ pedagogical approaches and the Kindergarten learners’ reading performance in selected schools in the Division of Cagayan de Oro. It assessed five approaches: context support, ICT integration, language experience, phonemic awareness, and the whole-word approach. It also evaluated learners’ performance in comprehension, phonics, and vocabulary. Using a descriptive-correlational research design, the study involved 115 Kindergarten teachers and 230 learners. Data were gathered through a modified questionnaire and standardized test, then analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient. The findings revealed that teachers demonstrated a very high level of pedagogical approaches, with the whole-word approach rated highest and language experience lowest. Meanwhile, learners achieved satisfactory reading performance, with comprehension as their strongest area and vocabulary as their weakest. However, no significant relationship was found between teachers’ pedagogical approaches and learners’ reading performance. The study concluded that teachers were well-equipped to facilitate reading instruction through various strategies. It recommended providing more opportunities for learners to connect reading and writing activities with their personal experiences, interests, and real-life situations. Teachers were also encouraged to explore alternative instructional practices that address learners’ specific reading needs and improve their overall reading performance.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the ARAL-Reading Tool in improving reading fluency and comprehension among Grade Six learners in the Third District of Bohol during School Year 2025–2026. Anchored on Automaticity Theory, Schema Theory, and Sociocultural Theory, the study employed a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control-group design involving 15 purposively selected learners. Seven learners received the eight-week ARAL-Reading Plus intervention, while eight received regular reading instruction. Data were gathered using the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI) and the Division of Bohol District Reading Assessment Template. Descriptive statistics and paired-samples and independent-samples t-tests were employed. Before the intervention, both groups demonstrated Frustration-level performance in reading fluency and comprehension. Following the intervention, the experimental group achieved 98.48% in fluency and 85.71% in comprehension, while the control group obtained 96.21% and 57.14%, respectively. Both groups demonstrated significant pretest-posttest improvements. However, between-group comparisons revealed a significant difference in comprehension (p = .019), but not in fluency (p = .185). The findings indicate that the ARAL-Reading Tool supported reading development, particularly comprehension. Strengthening structured reading interventions, instructional resources, teacher support, parental involvement, and continuous assessment was recommended. The study aligns with Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education) by addressing foundational literacy gaps and promoting equitable learning opportunities. Its contribution to educational and institutional sustainability emphasizes evidence-based reading interventions, stakeholder collaboration, and continued support for improving elementary learners' literacy outcomes and strengthening school-based educational recovery initiatives. The findings also provide a basis for school heads and education officials to refine implementation, allocate resources, and monitor reading progress.

This study examined the reading skills of Grade 3 learners and their relationship with academic performance in English in selected public elementary schools in the Bantayan District, Schools Division of Cebu Province, during School Year 2026–2027. Specifically, it assessed learners’ proficiency in phonemic awareness, phonics, text recognition, vocabulary, and comprehension; described the profiles of the teacher and learner respondents; and determined whether a significant relationship existed between reading skills and academic performance in English. The study employed a descriptive-correlational research design involving 100 respondents, comprising 96 Grade 3 learners, with 24 learners from each of four schools, and four teachers from Pooc, Sta. Fe Central, Vito, and Baigad Elementary Schools. Data were gathered through a modified survey questionnaire and informal interviews. Frequency counts, percentages, weighted means, standard deviations, and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient were used to analyze the collected data. The findings revealed that 70 of the 96 Grade 3 learners (72.92%) demonstrated effective foundational reading skills, while the remaining 26 learners (27.08%) were identified as potentially requiring additional reading support, depending on the established assessment criteria. These results underscore the importance of sustaining effective reading instruction while addressing the needs of learners experiencing difficulties in foundational literacy. The study proposes augmented reading skills learning activities designed to strengthen learners’ reading proficiency, improve comprehension, and support the development of essential literacy competencies. The proposed activities may serve as a basis for differentiated instruction, targeted reading interventions, and continuous monitoring of learner progress. Furthermore, the study emphasizes collaboration among teachers, school administrators, and parents in creating supportive learning environments that promote reading development and improved academic performance in English.

This study investigates how a novice EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher enacts professional identity within the context of reading instruction. While prior research has established the dynamic and multifaceted nature of teacher identity, limited attention has been given to how professional identity is constructed and enacted through subject-specific pedagogical practices, particularly in reading instruction. This qualitative case study draws on interview and classroom observation data to explore how a novice EFL teacher enacts professional identities in reading instruction. The findings suggest that the teacher’s professional identity is not a fixed set of roles but is expressed through situated teaching practices and professional reflections. Specifically, three interrelated identity positions were identified—facilitator of meaning-making, cultural and textual guide, and reflective learner. These positions were reflected in instructional practices such as scaffolding, interpretive questioning, and the provision of cultural and textual background knowledge, as well as in the teacher’s willingness to learn from students and engage in professional development. Furthermore, the findings highlight the relationship between the teacher’s professional identity, individual agency, and the working conditions of her teaching context. By situating teacher identity within the practices of reading instruction, this study extends existing research by foregrounding the practice-based and context-sensitive nature of novice teacher identity. An Activity Theory perspective further informs the interpretation of how professional identity relates to pedagogical practices, instructional tools, and contextual conditions.

Generative AI tools that condense texts into summaries have become a routine part of student reading routines, and educators increasingly worry that convenient summaries displace the effortful processing on which deep comprehension depends. This study drew on cognitive offloading theory and the levels-of-processing framework to test a moderated mediation model in which elaborative processing statistically links generative AI summarization tool use to deep reading comprehension, and reading motivation moderates the negative association between tool use and processing. Undergraduate students ( N = 608; 53.6% female; mean age 19.9 years) from three universities in Changchun, China, completed a six-item scale of generative AI summarization tool use, an eight-item elaborative processing scale adapted from the deep-processing subscale of the R-SPQ-2F, a seven-item reading motivation measure adapted from the Motivation for Reading Questionnaire, and a researcher-developed deep reading comprehension test. Scale reliabilities were satisfactory (Cronbach alpha = 0.88, 0.87, and 0.86). Tool use correlated negatively with elaborative processing ( r = −0.41) and comprehension ( r = −0.24); elaborative processing correlated positively with comprehension ( r = 0.59). PROCESS analyses (Model 7) with 5,000 bootstrap resamples showed that tool use negatively predicted elaborative processing ( b = −0.310, p < 0.001) and that this association weakened as reading motivation rose (interaction b = 0.433, p < 0.001). Elaborative processing, in turn, predicted comprehension ( b = 10.097, p < 0.001), whereas the residual direct path of tool use did not reach significance. The indirect effect of tool use on comprehension through elaborative processing was significant and negative at low (−6.142, 95% BC CI [−7.353, −5.091]) and average (−3.130, [−3.851, −2.497]) reading motivation but nonsignificant at high reading motivation (−0.117, [−0.876, 0.629]); the index of moderated mediation was 4.374 [3.428, 5.402]. These results are consistent with an account in which elaborative processing statistically links summary reliance to lower deep reading, with reading motivation associated with a weaker negative indirect association; given the cross-sectional design, the modeled paths represent associations rather than established causal effects. They suggest that motivation-oriented reading instruction should accompany, rather than follow, the integration of AI tools into academic reading.

ابزارهای هوش مصنوعی مولد که متون را به خلاصه‌هایی تبدیل می‌کنند، به بخشی عادی از روال‌های مطالعه دانشجویان تبدیل شده‌اند و نگرانی فزاینده‌ای در میان آموزشگران وجود دارد که این خلاصه‌های آسان، جایگزین پردازش پرزحمت و عمیقی می‌شوند که لازمه درک عمیق است. این پژوهش با تکیه بر نظریه برون‌سپاری شناختی و چارچوب سطوح پردازش، یک مدل میانجی‌گری تعدیل‌شده را آزمون کرد که در آن پردازش بسط‌یافته به طور آماری استفاده از ابزار خلاصه‌سازی هوش مصنوعی مولد را به درک عمیق خواندن پیوند می‌دهد و انگیزش خواندن، ارتباط منفی بین استفاده از ابزار و پردازش را تعدیل می‌کند. دانشجویان کارشناسی (N = 608؛ ۵۳/۶٪ زن؛ میانگین سن ۱۹/۹ سال) از سه دانشگاه در شهر چانگ‌چون چین، یک مقیاس شش‌سؤالی استفاده از ابزار خلاصه‌سازی هوش مصنوعی مولد، یک مقیاس هشت‌سؤالی پردازش بسط‌یافته اقتباس‌شده از زیرمقیاس پردازش عمیق R-SPQ-2F، یک ابزار هفت‌سؤالی انگیزش خواندن اقتباس‌شده از پرسشنامه Motivation for Reading Questionnaire و یک آزمون درک عمیق خواندن توسعه‌یافته توسط پژوهشگر را تکمیل کردند. پایایی مقیاس‌ها رضایت‌بخش بود (آلفای کرونباخ = ۰/۸۸، ۰/۸۷ و ۰/۸۶). استفاده از ابزار با پردازش بسط‌یافته (r = −۰/۴۱) و درک (r = −۰/۲۴) همبستگی منفی داشت؛ پردازش بسط‌یافته با درک همبستگی مثبت داشت (r = ۰/۵۹). تحلیل‌های PROCESS (مدل ۷) با ۵۰۰۰ نمونه‌گیری بوت‌استرپ نشان داد که استفاده از ابزار به طور منفی پردازش بسط‌یافته را پیش‌بینی می‌کند (b = −۰/۳۱۰, p < ۰/۰۰۱) و این ارتباط با افزایش انگیزش خواندن تضعیف می‌شود (برهم‌کنش b = ۰/۴۳۳, p < ۰/۰۰۱). پردازش بسط‌یافته به نوبه خود درک را پیش‌بینی می‌کند (b = ۱۰/۰۹۷, p < ۰/۰۰۱)، در حالی که مسیر مستقیم باقیمانده استفاده از ابزار معنادار نبود. اثر غیرمستقیم استفاده از ابزار بر درک از طریق پردازش بسط‌یافته در سطوح پایین (−۶/۱۴۲, ۹۵٪ BC CI [−۷/۳۵۳, −۵/۰۹۱]) و متوسط (−۳/۱۳۰, [−۳/۸۵۱, −۲/۴۹۷]) انگیزش خواندن معنادار و منفی بود اما در سطح بالای انگیزش خواندن (−۰/۱۱۷, [−۰/۸۷۶, ۰/۶۲۹]) معنادار نبود؛ شاخص میانجی‌گری تعدیل‌شده ۴/۳۷۴ [۳/۴۲۸, ۵/۴۰۲] بود. این نتایج با تبیینی سازگار است که در آن پردازش بسط‌یافته به طور آماری اتکای به خلاصه را به کاهش درک عمیق خواندن پیوند می‌دهد و انگیزش خواندن با تضعیف ارتباط غیرمستقیم منفی همراه است؛ با توجه به طرح مقطعی، مسیرهای مدل‌شده نشان‌دهنده ارتباط هستند نه اثرات علّی اثبات‌شده. این یافته‌ها نشان می‌دهند که آموزش خواندن مبتنی بر انگیزش باید همزمان با ادغام ابزارهای هوش مصنوعی در خواندن دانشگاهی انجام شود، نه پس از آن.

The aim of this study is to examine whether middle school students’ attitudes toward developing Turkish vocabulary differ according to the tools they preferred during the preparation of post-reading presentations. The study employed a quantitative comparative correlational design. The participants consisted of 56 fifth-grade students attending a public middle school in Burhaniye, Balıkesir, Türkiye. Within the framework of the Türkiye Century Education Model, students presented the books they had read by using artificial intelligence-supported tools, conventional digital tools, or hand-prepared materials, based on their own preferences. No intervention was made in the natural learning environment. After the presentations, the Attitude Scale for Developing Vocabulary in the Turkish Course, developed by Yaşar and Topçuoğlu Ünal (2016), was administered. Descriptive statistics and the independent-samples t-test were used for data analysis. The findings revealed that students who preferred artificial intelligence-supported tools obtained significantly higher attitude scores toward developing Turkish vocabulary than those who preferred conventional digital tools or hand-prepared materials. The calculated effect size (Cohen’s d ≈ 0.59) indicated a medium effect. The results suggest that students’ attitudes toward developing Turkish vocabulary differ significantly according to the tools they preferred during the preparation of post-reading presentations.

هدف این پژوهش بررسی این است که آیا نگرش دانش‌آموزان دوره متوسطه اول نسبت به توسعه واژگان زبان ترکی بر اساس ابزارهایی که در تهیه ارائه‌های پس از مطالعه ترجیح داده‌اند، تفاوت دارد یا خیر. این پژوهش با طرح کمی از نوع همبستگی مقایسه‌ای انجام شده است. شرکت‌کنندگان شامل ۵۶ دانش‌آموز پایه پنجم یک مدرسه متوسطه دولتی در بورحانیه، بالیکسیر، ترکیه بودند. در چارچوب مدل آموزشی قرن ترکیه، دانش‌آموزان کتاب‌هایی را که مطالعه کرده بودند با استفاده از ابزارهای مبتنی بر هوش مصنوعی، ابزارهای دیجیتال متداول یا مواد تهیه‌شده با دست، بر اساس ترجیحات خود ارائه کردند. هیچ مداخله‌ای در محیط طبیعی یادگیری صورت نگرفت. پس از ارائه‌ها، مقیاس نگرش نسبت به توسعه واژگان در درس زبان ترکی که توسط Yaşar و Topçuoğlu Ünal (۲۰۱۶) تدوین شده است، اجرا شد. برای تحلیل داده‌ها از آمار توصیفی و آزمون t مستقل استفاده گردید. یافته‌ها نشان داد که دانش‌آموزانی که ابزارهای مبتنی بر هوش مصنوعی را ترجیح داده بودند، نمرات نگرش به طور معناداری بالاتری نسبت به توسعه واژگان زبان ترکی نسبت به کسانی که ابزارهای دیجیتال متداول یا مواد تهیه‌شده با دست را انتخاب کرده بودند، کسب کردند. اندازه‌ی اثر محاسبه‌شده (d کوهن ≈ ۰٫۵۹) نشان‌دهنده‌ی اندازه‌ی اثر متوسط بود. نتایج حاکی از آن است که نگرش دانش‌آموزان نسبت به توسعه واژگان زبان ترکی بر اساس ابزارهایی که در تهیه ارائه‌های پس از مطالعه ترجیح داده‌اند، تفاوت معناداری دارد.

The reading-to-pedagogy gap in universities and universities of education reveals the necessity for integrated approaches in the understanding instruction in higher education. In this study, the Four-Method Pedagogical Framework (4MPF) incorporating metacognitive strategy training, morphological awareness training, collaborative dialogic reading, and technology-instructive adaptive feedback was researched. An explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was used, with a 12-week randomized controlled intervention with 147 undergraduate students, and further qualitative inquiry to clarify and clarify the quantitative results. The 4MPF yielded significantly higher reading comprehension gains than traditional instruction ( p < .001; Cohen's d = 0.82). Partial statistical mediation was confirmed as there were significant indirect effects via metacognitive regulation and morphological awareness, and a significant direct effect was perceived. A qualitative analysis resulted in four explanatory themes: cognitive empowerment, lexical confidence, dialogic friction, and feedback dependency. The results indicate that the 4MPF is an effective integrated instructional package, and that metacognitive and morphological processes are potential mechanisms that underline reading acquisitions. More studies are needed to differentiate the role and interplay of the individual framework components.

شکاف میان آموزش خواندن و آموزش‌شناسی در دانشگاه‌ها و مراکز تربیت معلم، ضرورت رویکردهای تلفیقی را در فهم آموزش در آموزش عالی آشکار می‌سازد. در این پژوهش، چارچوب آموزشی چهار روشی (4MPF) که شامل آموزش راهبردهای فراشناختی، آموزش آگاهی واژگانی-صرفی، خواندن گفت‌وگومحور مشارکتی و بازخورد تطبیقی مبتنی بر فناوری است، مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. طرح پژوهش آمیخته تبیینی-توالی به کار گرفته شد و مداخله‌ای تصادفی کنترل‌شده به مدت ۱۲ هفته با ۱۴۷ دانشجوی کارشناسی اجرا گردید و سپس پژوهش کیفی برای تبیین و روشن‌سازی نتایج کمی انجام شد. چارچوب 4MPF منجر به افزایش معنادار درک مطلب خواندن نسبت به آموزش سنتی شد (p < .001؛ d کوهن = 0.82). میانجی‌گری آماری نسبی تأیید شد، زیرا اثرات غیرمستقیم معناداری از طریق تنظیم فراشناختی و آگاهی واژگانی-صرفی مشاهده گردید و همچنین اثر مستقیم معناداری نیز درک شد. تحلیل کیفی به چهار مضمون تبیینی منجر شد: توانمندسازی شناختی، اعتماد واژگانی، اصطکاک گفت‌وگویی و وابستگی به بازخورد. نتایج نشان می‌دهد که چارچوب 4MPF یک بسته آموزشی تلفیقی مؤثر است و فرایندهای فراشناختی و صرفی-واژگانی سازوکارهای بالقوه‌ای هستند که در اکتساب مهارت خواندن نقش دارند. مطالعات بیشتری برای تمایز نقش و تعامل اجزای منفرد چارچوب مورد نیاز است.

Background Foundational literacy models have long privileged visual–auditory decoding pathways, systematically marginalising the haptic, proprioceptive, and affective systems that evolutionarily predate symbolic processing. The accelerating digital transformation of early childhood has compounded this problem by replacing hands-on, material engagement with screen-mediated interaction, raising urgent questions about the sensorimotor foundations of orthographic learning. Hypothesis/theory We propose Concrete Reading Theory (CRT), a neurocognitive framework positing that durable literacy acquisition is hypothesised to depend on functional anchors—multisensory, affectively charged cognitive structures that bind abstract orthographic symbols to concrete sensorimotor networks. “Concrete” refers not to physical materials alone but to the neurocognitive act of concretising: grounding arbitrary symbols in embodied experience. CRT extends existing embodied cognition frameworks by generating a falsifiable neurophysiological prediction: that multisensory convergence during early orthographic learning may manifest as gamma-band synchrony (30–100 Hz) in temporo-parietal circuits. Where gamma measurement is not feasible in young child populations, complementary electrophysiological markers—specifically the N170 and P200 event-related potential components—and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) connectivity offer more accessible validation targets at the current stage of research. Methods CRT is operationalised through the Juthur Applied Model, a four-phase tactile scaffolding intervention piloted in Arabic-speaking early childhood classrooms (ages 4–8; N = 142 children across six classrooms). Pilot data comprised structured observations using the Relational Presence Index (RPI), teacher reflective journals, child work samples, and video-coded focal episodes. An independent trained coder double-coded a random 20% subset of recorded sessions [Cohen's κ = 0.86, 95% CI (0.79, 0.93)]. Results Three observational patterns emerged consistent with CRT's core propositions: amplified relational presence following tactile episodes [ r = .71, p < .01, 95% CI (.58,.81)]; non-linear, burst-like literacy emergence coinciding with affect-rich moments; and scaffolded sensory withdrawal associated with deeper kinaesthetic encoding and stronger short-term retention, with an indicative, non-causal effect size estimate of d = 0.68 [bootstrap 95% CI (0.31, 1.04)] for the sensory-withdrawal contrast. These patterns do not establish causality. Conclusion CRT offers a mechanistic, falsifiable framework for how embodied, multisensory instruction may scaffold early orthographic learning. Four testable hypotheses guide a pre-registered randomised controlled trial ( N ≈ 720) now approaching analysis, which will provide the causal evidence necessary to confirm, refine, or refute the theory.

زمینه: مدل‌های بنیادین سوادآموزی مدت‌هاست که مسیرهای رمزگشایی دیداری-شنیداری را برتری داده‌اند و به‌طور نظام‌مند، نظام‌های لمسی، حس عمقی و عاطفی را که از نظر تکاملی پیش از پردازش نمادین قرار دارند، به حاشیه رانده‌اند. تحول شتابان دیجیتال در دوران کودکی اولیه این مشکل را تشدید کرده است، چرا که تعامل عملی و مادی را با تعامل مبتنی بر صفحه‌نمایش جایگزین کرده و پرسش‌های فوری درباره‌ی بنیان‌های حس‌حرکتی یادگیری خط را مطرح می‌کند. فرضیه/نظریه: ما نظریه‌ی خواندن عینی (CRT) را پیشنهاد می‌کنیم؛ چارچوبی عصب‌شناختی-شناختی که فرض می‌کند کسب پایدار سواد به لنگرهای عملکردی وابسته است—ساختارهای شناختی چندحسی و دارای بار عاطفی که نمادهای انتزاعی خط را به شبکه‌های حس‌حرکتی عینی پیوند می‌دهند. «عینی» صرفاً به مواد فیزیکی اشاره ندارد، بلکه به کنش عصب‌شناختی عینیت‌بخشی اشاره دارد: ریشه‌دار کردن نمادهای دلخواه در تجربه‌ی مجسم. CRT چارچوب‌های شناخت مجسم موجود را با تولید پیش‌بینی عصب‌فیزیولوژیک ابطال‌پذیر گسترش می‌دهد: همگرایی چندحسی در طول یادگیری اولیه‌ی خط ممکن است به صورت هم‌زمانی باند گاما (۳۰–۱۰۰ هرتز) در مدارهای گیجگاهی-جداری ظاهر شود. در مواردی که اندازه‌گیری گاما در جمعیت کودکان خردسال امکان‌پذیر نیست، نشانگرهای مکمل الکتروفیزیولوژیک—به‌ویژه مؤلفه‌های N170 و P200 پتانسیل وابسته به رویداد—و اتصال‌پذیری طیف‌نگاری نزدیک-مادون قرمز عملکردی (fNIRS) اهداف اعتبارسنجی در دسترس‌تری در مرحله‌ی کنونی پژوهش فراهم می‌کنند. روش‌ها: CRT از طریق مدل کاربردی Juthur عملیاتی شده است؛ مداخله‌ی چهارمرحله‌ای با تکیه بر حمایت لمسی که به صورت آزمایشی در کلاس‌های پیش‌دبستانی عرب‌زبان (۴ تا ۸ سال؛ N = 142 کودک در شش کلاس) اجرا شد. داده‌های آزمایشی شامل مشاهدات ساختاریافته با استفاده از شاخص حضور رابطه‌ای (RPI)، دفترچه‌های تأملی معلمان، نمونه‌های کار کودکان و اپیزودهای کدگذاری‌شده‌ی ویدیویی بود. یک کدگذار مستقل و آموزش‌دیده، ۲۰٪ تصادفی از جلسات ضبط‌شده را دوکدگذاری کرد [کاپای کوهن κ = 0.86، ۹۵٪ CI (0.79, 0.93)]. نتایج: سه الگوی مشاهده‌ای مطابق با گزاره‌های اصلی CRT ظاهر شد: افزایش حضور رابطه‌ای پس از اپیزودهای لمسی [r = .71، p < .01، ۹۵٪ CI (.58, .81)]؛ ظهور غیرخطی و جهشی سواد که همزمان با لحظات غنی از عاطفه رخ داد؛ و کناره‌گیری حسی حمایت‌شده که با رمزگذاری عمقی‌تر حس‌حرکتی و حفظ کوتاه‌مدت قوی‌تر همراه بود، با برآورد اندازه‌ی اثر غیرعلی و نشانه‌ای d = 0.68 [بوت‌استرپ ۹۵٪ CI (0.31, 1.04)] برای مقایسه‌ی کناره‌گیری حسی. این الگوها علیت را اثبات نمی‌کنند. نتیجه‌گیری: CRT چارچوبی مکانیکی و ابطال‌پذیر برای تبیین چگونگی حمایت آموزش مجسم و چندحسی از یادگیری اولیه‌ی خط فراهم می‌کند. چهار فرضیه‌ی قابل آزمون، یک کارآزمایی تصادفی‌سازی‌شده با پیش‌ثبت (N ≈ 720) را هدایت می‌کند که اکنون در آستانه‌ی تحلیل قرار دارد و شواهد علی لازم برای تأیید، اصلاح یا رد نظریه را فراهم خواهد کرد.