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Improving Elementary Students' Engagement during Independent Reading through Teacher Conferencing, Teacher Modeling, and Student Choice
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Carey, Jenna L.; Howard, Cameron C.; Leftwich, Rebecca J. – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this action research project report was to increase engagement during independent reading for 32 fourth-grade students and 26 seventh-grade science students. At Site A, data was collected from August 27, 2012 through December 14, 2012. At Site B, data was collected from September 24, 2012 through December 14, 2012. Students'…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
The Development of Scales to Measure Attitudes toward Reading.
Heathington, Betty Sue – 1975
The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument or instruments to measure the attitudes toward reading of children in grades one through six. The Likert-type scale was chosen as the most appropriate type of instrument to meet established criteria. Two rural schools and two urban schools with normally distributed populations according to…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Interest Inventories
The Fall 1973 New Student Week Leaders at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
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Paciello, Antonio Joseph – 1974
This study describes a sample of college students who participated as New Student Week Leaders (NSWL). Vocational interests, as measured by the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men (SVIB-M), academic pursuits, campus involvement, and other factors were considered in an attempt to define a NSWL. Eighty-six items were chosen from the SVIB-M to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, College Students, Interest Inventories
A Study of Two Factors and Their Effects on the Comprehension of the Kuder General Interest Survey.
Holve, Mary Brooke Hall – 1980
To determine how comprehension of the Kuder General Interest Survey (KGIS) was affected by alternate modes of inventory administration and reading levels of eighth grade students (as determined by the California Tests of Basic Skills vocabulary scores), 153 students were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups--standard administration,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Grade 8
Prediction of Performance and Satisfaction of Aeronautical Engineering Students at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Sofge, Charles T. – 1974
A primary objective of this research was the development of predictors of academic performance and satisfaction for aeronautical engineering students. Three basic types of data used to develop predictors were biographical (historical), academic aptitude (graduate record exam), and individual interests (Strong Vocational Interest Blank) data.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aerospace Technology, Aptitude Tests, Interest Inventories
A Format in Assessing the Mentally Retarded for Vocational Activation Utilizing the Clinician's Insights.
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Winick, Albert B. – 1974
Tests of intelligence and structured measures of emotional status, aptitudes, and achievement alone do not suffice in predicting the vocational adjustment of the mentally retarded. Since the main concern is the evaluation of the many aspects of behavior which make the individual a unique and changing person, a format was developed which included a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Tests