Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 1 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 7 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 11 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 22 |
Descriptor
Difficulty Level | 22 |
Reading Comprehension | 22 |
Grade 7 | 20 |
Middle School Students | 10 |
Grade 8 | 8 |
Reading Tests | 6 |
Test Items | 6 |
Foreign Countries | 5 |
Grade 6 | 5 |
Reading Difficulties | 5 |
Cognitive Processes | 4 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Tindal, Gerald | 5 |
Alonzo, Julie | 3 |
Carolyn A. Denton | 2 |
David J. Francis | 2 |
Jack M. Fletcher | 2 |
Liu, Kimy | 2 |
Marcia A. Barnes | 2 |
Mary J. York | 2 |
Mischa Enos | 2 |
Park, Bitnara Jasmine | 2 |
Paulina A. Kulesz | 2 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Reports - Research | 14 |
Journal Articles | 12 |
Reports - Evaluative | 5 |
Numerical/Quantitative Data | 4 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Grade 7 | 22 |
Middle Schools | 21 |
Junior High Schools | 19 |
Elementary Education | 18 |
Secondary Education | 18 |
Grade 8 | 8 |
Grade 6 | 6 |
Grade 9 | 3 |
High Schools | 3 |
Intermediate Grades | 3 |
Grade 11 | 2 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Location
California | 2 |
Germany | 2 |
Brazil | 1 |
China | 1 |
Colombia | 1 |
Colorado | 1 |
Philippines | 1 |
Thailand | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Individuals with Disabilities… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
Flesch Kincaid Grade Level… | 1 |
Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests | 1 |
Kaufman Brief Intelligence… | 1 |
Woodcock Johnson Tests of… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Does not meet standards | 1 |
Hackemann, Timo; Heine, Lena; Höttecke, Dietmar – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
Students with high reading proficiency typically achieve better results in science assessments, indicating the importance of reading proficiency. Since the process of reading is a complex interaction between properties of a text and a reader, the linguistic demands of a text might affect text comprehension. Certain linguistic features, such as…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Physics, Reader Text Relationship, Linguistics
Cruz Neri, Nadine; Retelsdorf, Jan – Exceptional Children, 2022
Previous research illustrated that reading comprehension and science performance correlate highly. Because students with specific learning disorders with impairments in reading (SLD-IR) show deficits in reading comprehension, they may struggle to perform in science. As language in science is characterized by linguistic complexity, the question…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Science Achievement
Liliana Herrera Nieves; Verónica De La Hoz Vargas; Elis Coba Roncallo; Ariana Hernández Gutiérrez – South African Journal of Education, 2024
Reading is regarded as one of the basic learning processes that provides multiple skills and abilities for daily life. The study reported on here arose from evidence of reading comprehension difficulties of middle school students in Colombia, and from reflection on the didactic strategies used for the promotion and teaching of reading. The purpose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Middle School Students, Learning Processes
The Problem in Math Word Problems: Factors Affecting Students' Perceptions toward Math Word Problems
Sean Kalel C. Garcia; Maricris D. Chuang – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2023
This study aimed to examine Grade 7 students' perceptions toward Math word problems to help improve their problem-solving skills since the said skill is important and essential for all students to possess. This study used a descriptive survey made by the researchers and consisted of 15 statements of feelings regarding Math word problems; the…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Difficulty Level, Grade 7
Collins, Penelope; Tate, Tamara P.; Lee, Joong won; Krishnan, Jenell A.; Warschauer, Mark – Grantee Submission, 2021
We examined the contributions of English proficiency, genre, and the use of textual sources to adolescent writing. The sample included 1819 native English speakers and language minority students from 127 seventh- and eighth-grade classes in an urban school district. Students were randomly assigned one of three source-based essay prompts…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School Students
Dahl, Amanda C.; Carlson, Sarah E.; Renken, Maggie; McCarthy, Kathryn S.; Reynolds, Erin – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: Complex features of science texts present idiosyncratic challenges for middle grade readers, especially in a post-Common Core educational world where students' learning is dependent on understanding informational text. The primary aim of this study was to explore how middle school readers process science texts and whether such…
Descriptors: Science Materials, Textbooks, Difficulty Level, Readability
Mulder, Evelien; van de Ven, Marco; Segers, Eliane; Krepel, Alexander; de Bree, Elise H.; de Jong, Peter F.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
We assessed the relationship between word-to-text-integration (WTI) and reading comprehension in 7th grade students (n = 441) learning English as a second language (L2). The students performed a self-paced WTI reading task in Fall (T1) and Spring (T2), consisting of three text manipulation types (anaphora resolution, argument overlap, anomaly…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Fluency
Hicks, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Students with learning disabilities are often unable to master reading comprehension and often fail to acquire reading comprehension skills at basic levels as measured on reading achievement assessments. Reading intervention programs Compass Learning and SRA Corrective Reading teach students how to apply strategies to their reading to improve…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Intervention, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Francis, David J.; Kulesz, Paulina A.; Benoit, Julia S. – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
This study leverages advances in multivariate cross-classified random effects models to extend the Simple View of Reading to account for variation within readers and across texts, allowing for both the personalization of the reading function and the integration of the component skills and text and discourse frameworks for reading research. We…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Oral Reading
Moore, Brooke; Boardman, Alison G.; Smith, Clara; Ferrell, Amy – SAGE Open, 2019
Research indicates the benefits of collaborative learning for supporting academic literacy in content classrooms, especially for diverse and exceptional students such as students with learning disabilities or English learners (ELs) who can become disengaged in content classrooms if they struggle to access complex, content-related texts. Drawing…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Cooperative Learning, Middle School Students, Grade 7
Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Ward, Arthur K., Jr. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The purpose of this research is to develop a vocabulary assessment, Evaluation of Academic Vocabulary or "EAV," that gauges students' depth of knowledge of academic words and is sensitive to vocabulary growth in the context of literacy interventions. We report results from two studies with native English-speaking middle school students…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Academic Language, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
Carolyn A. Denton; Mischa Enos; Mary J. York; David J. Francis; Marcia A. Barnes; Paulina A. Kulesz; Jack M. Fletcher; Suzanne Carter – Grantee Submission, 2015
Based on the analysis of 620 think-aloud verbal protocols from students in grades 7, 9, and 11, we examined students' conscious engagement in inference generation, paraphrasing, verbatim text repetition, and monitoring while reading narrative or informational texts that were either at or above the students' current reading levels. Students were…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Protocol Analysis, Reading Aloud to Others, Secondary School Students
Carolyn A. Denton; Mischa Enos; Mary J. York; David J. Francis; Marcia A. Barnes; Paulina A. Kulesz; Jack M. Fletcher; Suzanne Carter – Reading Research Quarterly, 2015
Based on the analysis of 620 think-aloud verbal protocols from students in grades 7, 9, and 11, we examined students' conscious engagement in inference generation, paraphrasing, verbatim text repetition, and monitoring while reading narrative or informational texts that were either at or above the students' current reading levels. Students were…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Protocol Analysis, Reading Aloud to Others, Secondary School Students
Irvin, P. Shawn; Alonzo, Julie; Lai, Cheng-Fei; Park, Bitnara Jasmine; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2012
In this technical report, we present the results of a reliability study of the seventh-grade multiple choice reading comprehension measures available on the easyCBM learning system conducted in the spring of 2011. Analyses include split-half reliability, alternate form reliability, person and item reliability as derived from Rasch analysis,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Testing Programs, Statistical Analysis, Grade 7
What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
The research described in this report is a randomized controlled trial in which seventh- and eighth-grade students were randomly assigned to complete a set of 25 math questions delivered with either standard language or language that had undergone "linguistic modification" by the research team. The purpose of the study was to assess the…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Grade 7, Grade 8, Mathematics Tests
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1 | 2