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Barksdale, Mary Alice; Mesmer, Heidi Anne – Journal of Research in Education, 2013
Perceptions about learning to read were studied in 474 second through fifth graders in three elementary schools. The children were asked to respond in writing to a question about what they would say if they were asked to help someone learn to read. Initially, the responses were analyzed qualitatively by identifying themes and categories; further…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Strategies, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires
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Parker, Mary; Hurry, Jane – Educational Review, 2007
Research suggests that children's understanding of text can be improved by the explicit teaching of those comprehension strategies that are used implicitly by skilled readers, particularly the use of self-regulating strategies to generate questions about text. This study of the teaching of comprehension in 51 London Key Stage 2 classrooms explores…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Questioning Techniques, Reader Text Relationship