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Esther H. Yi – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A reader's ability to go beyond their surface-level understanding of words and to build a deeper representation of the text in their mind (i.e., reading comprehension) is predicated on a range of reader- and text-level variables that indicate how well a certain reader can read a certain text. The following study evaluates the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Reading Skills, Student Characteristics
Ágnes Hódi; Edit Tóth; Marianne Nikolov – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
Reading literacy is a multidimensional construct in terms of text and reading processes. Much research has examined the divisibility of the processes underlying reading, but they have treated the rest of the construct as unitary. This study extends the examination of dimensionality to a neglected area in literacy studies. It tests reading models…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Reading Processes, Text Structure, Foreign Countries
Shuai Zhang; Kausalai Kay Wijekumar – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
The current research examines Grade 2 student responsiveness to teacher implementation of text structure lessons after an online professional development event. We trained 39 teachers on text structure knowledge and implementation fidelity using massively open online virtual learning platforms. The teachers were later given access to text…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Reading Comprehension, Outcomes of Education, Text Structure
Allie J. Boquet; Katherine V. Pettrey; Renée E. Lastrapes; Paul Mooney – Exceptionality, 2024
The present survey research's purpose was to continue shaping the makeup of practitioner journal articles within the education field. Practitioner-focused articles have been suggested as vehicles to translate research into practice. One hundred and thirty-four preservice teacher education candidates were asked to indicate what they thought should…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Educational Research, Theory Practice Relationship, Preservice Teachers
Hayden, Emily; Hiebert, Elfrieda H.; Trainin, Guy – Reading Psychology, 2019
This study examined how comprehension-based silent reading rate (CBSRR) is affected by grade, genre, and text position. Second and fourth graders read 2 grade-specific passages (one narrative, one informational) in 4 sections, each followed by 4 comprehension questions. Analyses of rate with a criterion level of comprehension showed higher…
Descriptors: Silent Reading, Reading Rate, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Clark, Sarah K.; Smith, Leigh K.; Judd, Emma; Rosdahl, Victoria – Reading Psychology, 2021
The purpose of the study was to examine how disciplinary literacy instruction influenced the quality of science informational text produced by second-grade students (N = 45) using the compare/contrast and the sequence text structures. The instruction took place over eight weeks with two four-week units, and with three 30-minute lessons provided…
Descriptors: Young Children, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Writing Instruction
Jackie E. Relyea; Dennis S. Davis; Corrie Dobis; Becky Huang; Courtney Samuelson – Grantee Submission, 2025
This study evaluated the feasibility of the Knowledge, Language, and Inquiry (K.L.I.) intervention, designed to support Grades 3-5 multilingual students classified as English learners (ML-ELs) in building content knowledge, language skills, and reading comprehension through inquiry-based small-group instruction. Feasibility was examined across…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students
Jackie E. Relyea; Dennis Davis; Corrie Dobis; Becky Huang; Courtney Samuelson – Journal of Educational Research, 2025
This study evaluated the feasibility of the Knowledge, Language, and Inquiry (K.L.I.) intervention, designed to support Grades 3-5 multilingual students classified as English learners (ML-ELs) in building content knowledge, language skills, and reading comprehension through inquiry-based small-group instruction. Feasibility was examined across…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Accurso, Kathryn; Gebhard, Meg – Language and Education, 2021
This literature review analyzes the influences of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) in U.S. teacher education from 2000 to 2019. First, we describe how SFL has been contextualized in United States in response to changing demographics, new technologies, policies, and the impacts of globalization. Second, we outline our methodology, which…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Literacy Education, Teacher Education Programs, Trend Analysis
Tolchinsky, Liliana – Journal of Literacy Research, 2019
Learning to compose texts adequate for different purposes is crucial for becoming literate. We examined developmental changes in the rhetorical structure of written texts produced by Spanish children throughout the early years of elementary school in the light of descriptive writing purposes. Children had also performed tasks to test…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Writing Assignments
Christine Jackson; Lucy Lu; Peter Knapp; Wai Yin Wan; Olivia Groves – Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2022
This report discusses AERO's 2022 analysis of student writing data -- the most extensive investigation into this area ever conducted in Australia. AERO's researchers analysed more than 10 million NAPLAN writing results, spanning 2011 to 2021, and 366 samples of students' NAPLAN writing. Overall, our research suggests that students' writing skills…
Descriptors: Literacy, National Competency Tests, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Christine Jackson; Lucy Lu; Peter Knapp; Wai Yin Wan; Olivia Groves – Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2022
In 2022 Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) researchers analysed more than 10 million NAPLAN writing results, spanning 2011 to 2021, and 366 samples of students' NAPLAN writing. Overall, the research suggests that students' writing skills have declined over 7 years (2011 to 2018), with many high school students significantly behind…
Descriptors: Literacy, National Competency Tests, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Roehling, Julia V.; Hebert, Michael; Nelson, J. Ron; Bohaty, Janet J. – Reading Teacher, 2017
Comprehending expository reading material is a challenge for many students. Research has shown that students' expository reading comprehension can improve with the help of text structure instruction. The purpose of this article is to present teachers with a framework for effectively implementing text structure instruction in their classrooms.…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Grade 2
Roehling, Julia V.; Hebert, Michael; Nelson, J. Ron; Bohaty, Janet J. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Students often have difficulty comprehending informational text. Results from a meta-analysis by Hebert, Bohaty, Nelson and Brown (2016) indicated that text structure instruction is effective for improving reading comprehension of expository text. This article presents evidence-based practices for teaching informational text structures to improve…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Grade 2
Hall, Anna H. – Reading Teacher, 2016
There is a growing awareness that reading and writing informational texts are important skills for functioning successfully in our current society. Informational texts provide purposeful and authentic reasons for reading and writing while enhancing children's vocabulary knowledge and content understanding. This article describes The Tools…
Descriptors: Information Skills, Student Research, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing