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Leah R. Cheek; Vinson Carter; Michael K. Daugherty; Christian Z. Goering – Reading Teacher, 2024
Empathy, an unsung, yet critical element of learning, can be strategically interlaced with literacy instruction and engineering design to create a rich and authentic learning experience for students. Integrated STEM education rests on the promise of engaging students and providing deep understandings through the intentional practice of delivering…
Descriptors: Empathy, STEM Education, Literacy Education, Engineering Education
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Stetter, Maria Earman; Hughes, Marie Tejero – Education and Treatment of Children, 2010
With the majority of students with learning disabilities (LD) having difficulties in reading, teachers at all grade levels need to incorporate comprehension strategies into their instruction to explicitly teach students with LD how to use the strategies to enhance their comprehension. One way for teachers to support students' comprehension of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Story Grammar, Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities
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Dymock, Susan – Reading Teacher, 2007
Research shows that students who have a good understanding of narrative text structure have fewer problems comprehending stories. Research also suggests that many students require explicit instruction in how to comprehend this text type. While some children are able to figure out the more elaborate structure of narrative text on their own (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies
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Boulineau, Tori; Fore, Cecil, III; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Burke, Mack D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2004
This study examined the use of story-mapping to improve the reading comprehension of six third- and fourth-grade students with specific learning disabilities who exhibited reading deficits. Also of interest was whether the effects would maintain once the intervention was discontinued. Using a descriptive, three-phased, single-subject design, the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Identification, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
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Montague, Marjorie; Graves, Anne – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This article introduces a special section of four papers featuring strategies for improving the story writing skills of elementary and secondary students who have problems with written language. It outlines the elements of story grammar, describes characteristics of students with writing problems, and notes the strategies presented in the four…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Handicaps, Story Grammar
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Gray, Mary Jane – Reading Horizons, 1988
Summarizes the benefits and limitations of the use of story grammars in the elementary reading classroom. Provides suggestions for implementation in the classroom. (ARH)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension
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Dimino, Joseph A.; And Others – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1995
Reviews research on the effectiveness of story grammar in promoting the comprehension of narrative text in students with learning disabilities and at-risk students. Offers instructional recommendations for successful implementation of this strategy. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
Kersting, Frank; Ferguson, Janice – 1988
A case study examined the whole-part application of the language experience approach to reading as used for students whose reading development is severely delayed. The subject, a third-grade female student reading on the first-grade level as determined by the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests-Revised (Woodcock, 1987), participated in a reading…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Area Reading, Language Experience Approach, Language Skills
Fuller, Renee – 1991
This paper offers a description of the Ball-Stick-Bird reading system which has been used successfully to teach students with IQs as low as 20 to read with comprehension. A summary of research findings on this approach is presented as well as a discussion of these findings within a neurological/behavioral/evolutionary framework. A new theory of…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Alphabets, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading