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Direct linkChristopher Schatschneider; Dana Santangelo; Christine M. White; Cristian E. Vazquez; Emma D. Friedmann – Grantee Submission, 2023
What is the science of reading? The Reading League, in their document "Science of Reading: Defining Guide" (TRL, 2022), proposes that "The science of reading is a vast, interdisciplinary body of scientifically-based* research about reading and issues related to reading and writing." (p. 11.) The asterisk is carrying a lot of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Reading Research, Research Design, Research Methodology
David, Ann D.; Consalvo, Annamary; Grote-Garcia, Stephanie; Burke, Amy; Jansky, Katrina; Semingson, Peggy – English in Texas, 2020
This article discusses the current contradictory policies surrounding the push for phonics instruction in Texas schools. Focusing on this current iteration of the reading wars, this article seeks to help teachers develop a historical context for reading instruction, review existing research on learning to read, and turn that knowledge into…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Phonics, Educational Policy
Mullis, Ina V.S.; Martin, Michael O.; Kennedy, Ann M.; Trong, Kathleen L.; Sainsbury, Marian – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2009
The Progress in Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) was developed to help improve the teaching of reading and the acquisition of reading skills around the world, and was approved by the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) General Assembly as an essential component of the IEA's regular cycle of core studies,…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, Interests
Peer reviewedMosenthal, Peter B.; Kirsch, Irwin S. – Journal of Reading, 1992
Describes how a teacher-researcher used knowledge modeling as a basis for assessing students' knowledge. Discusses how the scoring template was created and how the students' recollections were scored. Finds that students with no prior knowledge of a subject were at a disadvantage in the classroom. (PRA)
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Learning Processes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
Kalaja, Paula – 1986
Research on content area reading in English as a second language (ESL) has focused on the psycholinguistic and educational aspects of reading. Psycholinguistic research has found that reading comprehension is not solely a result of text variables such as sentence complexity and length or vocabulary, but is largely dependent on reader variables,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Maria, Katherine – 1986
Teachers enrolled in a graduate reading course on the latest research in comprehension and instructional techniques were asked to keep a metacognitive journal instead of writing a traditional term paper. The journal provided the 32 teachers with the opportunity to become aware of the strategies that they use in processing difficult material,…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Graduate Study, Learning Processes
Singer, Harry, Ed.; Bean, Thomas W., Ed. – 1984
Papers in this report were presented at a conference on text characteristics, convened as part of the Learning from Text Project. The foreword describes the University of California and California State University Joint Projects Steering Committee project to determine the relationship between ability to learn from text and academic achievement,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Evaluation Criteria
