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Renee Rose Latson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Reading comprehension in high school involves students developing knowledge, skills, and experiences to understand, retain, and apply concepts of English as a written language. For ninth grade students to gain mastery in reading comprehension, ninth grade teachers implemented scaffolding teaching techniques to support their students. This study…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Thage, Esther Molebogeng; Mokgosi, Patricia Namayammu; Mthembu, Jane Tozama – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2021
Guided reading (GR) approach has been shown to have positive effect on reading fluency and comprehension. However, most studies on GR have focused on primary schools, specifically the Foundation Phase. Therefore, this study employed the GR approach to examine its possible effects on the reading proficiencies of Grade 9 English Second Language…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Al-Shdeifat, Zainab; Al-Jamal, Dina – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2023
This study examines how visual thinking may affect Jordanian female ninth-graders reading abilities. The design had an experimental feel about it. The study included 66 ninth-grade female students who were studying English as a foreign language (EFL). An instructional program was created and put into place, and a pre-post reading exam was created…
Descriptors: Visualization, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
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Solis, Michael; Kulesz, Paulina; Williams, Kelly – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2023
This investigation examined the impact of preintervention word-reading ability on reading comprehension outcomes for ninth graders with learning disabilities, reading difficulties, and English learners in treatment and comparison conditions. Secondary data analyses were conducted for two separate but related experimental studies of intensive…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties
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Lakshmana Rao Pinninti – TESL-EJ, 2024
Research indicates that reading strategy instruction improves comprehension. Conceptualizing strategy training as mediating reading strategy use through collaborative and reflective practices, the present study examined the combined effect of peer-collaborative strategic reading and reflective journaling on strategy use and comprehension. Data…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Reading Strategies, Reflection, Journal Writing
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Hessel, Annina K.; Schroeder, Sascha – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
Successful reading comprehension--especially in a second language (L2)--relies on the ability to monitor one's comprehension, that is, to notice comprehension breaks and make repairs. Comprehension monitoring may be limited given effortful word processing but may also be supported through active reading. The current study addresses to what extent…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Word Recognition, Progress Monitoring
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Mulatu, Ermias; Regassa, Taye – Cogent Education, 2022
The study was conducted to investigate the practices of teaching reading skills in grade nine of Dil-Ber Secondary School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A descriptive case study research design was used to meet this objective. Out of 347 total student population and 4 English teachers, 30% of the students i.e. 104 of them and all the 4 teachers were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Deniz Aysegül Sögüt; Macid Ayhan Melekoglu – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2025
Reading interventions focusing on self-determination can effectively improve the academic performance of students with learning disabilities (LD). This study investigated the effects of a multicomponent reading comprehension strategy intervention, which is based on the Self-Determination Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI), on the use of…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
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Kim, Minkyung – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Adopting a cognitive perspective, this study examined roles of working memory capacity (WMC), first language (L1) syllogistic inferencing, and second language (L2) linguistic knowledge on literal and inferential understanding of L2 reading comprehension in adolescent L2 learners. Participants were 193 Korean ninth-grade learners of English. The…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Heiman, Allie – Online Submission, 2021
The purpose of this action research was to improve reading comprehension and student engagement in a hybrid learning environment as measured by performance on reading comprehension assessments and student self-reporting surveys. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I conducted classes for the 2020-2021 school year in a hybrid model. In my ninth grade…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learner Engagement, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Yujie Shi – English Teaching, 2023
This study aimed to explore the role of inference making in the relation between vocabulary knowledge (breadth and depth) and reading comprehension for 487 ninth-grade Chinese EFL students who were categorized as either struggling or adequate. Path analysis was used to examine both direct and mediated effects. The results indicated a statistically…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Knowledge Level, Reading Comprehension, Inferences
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Bergström, Denise; Norberg, Cathrine; Nordlund, Marie – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
One core aspect of learning a language is developing vocabulary, an endeavor that requires a structured and principled focus in the classroom. As the EFL textbook has a central position in the language learning classroom, it should have an important role to play in structuring vocabulary development. Yet, what guides decisions concerning the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
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Maria Levlin; Lacey Okonski; Kirk P. H. Sullivan – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
This longitudinal case study examines reading difficulties identified in Grade 2 and Grade 6 national assessment test (NAT) scores in relation to Grade 9 NAT in Swedish (L1) and English (L2). A norm-referenced screening was used in Grade 2 to assess word reading and reading comprehension. In line with the simple view of reading, four subgroups…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Swedish, English (Second Language)
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Garrison-Fletcher, Leigh; Martohardjono, Gita; Chodorow, Martin – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Previous research on the development of second language (L2) reading comprehension among adolescents and adults has looked at the relative importance of students' second language (L2) linguistic skills and home language (L1) reading comprehension skills in the development of L2 reading comprehension, with many studies finding a more important role…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Language Proficiency
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McMullan, Tara; Sutherland, Julia – London Review of Education, 2020
This action research study, drawing on participatory frameworks, investigated whether a Year 10 English class (15-16-year-olds), including struggling readers, could develop their reading self-concept and 'voice'. The research aimed to extend findings from a larger, mixed-method study, developing reading comprehension and motivation with younger…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Reading Motivation, Grade 9
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