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Direct linkStrong, John Z. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2020
The purpose of this mixed-methods experimental study was to investigate the effects and social validity of a text structure intervention for reading and writing in upper elementary grades. Fourth- and fifth-grade teachers (N = 11) in three elementary schools were randomly assigned to implement the text structure intervention or a comprehension…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Intervention, Grade 4, Grade 5
Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Connor, Carol McDonald; Crowe, Elizabeth – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Research to guide text structure interventions for the primary grades is very limited, yet as early as in kindergarten, many state standards increasingly emphasize exposure to challenging expository texts. The purpose of the present study was to provide preliminary evidence of the feasibility and promise (or the effects) of three brief text…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Artuso, Caterina; Carretti, Barbara; Palladino, Paola – School Psychology International, 2019
This study analyzed the potential transfer effects on reading comprehension skills of two different training programs administered to 9- to 10-year-old children attending fourth grade classes. One training program was based on a working memory updating paradigm (i.e., words, digits, sentence and text updating working memory tasks). The other…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Short Term Memory, Transfer of Training
Williams, Joanna P.; Kao, Jenny C.; Pao, Lisa S.; Ordynans, Jill G.; Atkins, J. Grant; Cheng, Rong; DeBonis, Daniel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
We developed and evaluated an intervention that teaches reading comprehension via expository text structure training to second graders in urban public schools at risk for academic failure. Fifty lessons on 5 basic text structures (sequence, comparison, causation, description, and problem-solution) were embedded in a social studies curriculum that…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Comprehension, Grade 2, Urban Schools
Download full textSukitkanaporn, Thitibhada; Phoocharoensil, Supakorn – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study addresses the English Presentation skills of graduate students and explores the ways to improve their skills. A cross-sectional research survey study was conducted among 26 students of the Master of Arts Program in English for Careers at Thammasat University, Thailand. The results showed that there are some statistically significant…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Language Skills
Beyreli, Latif; Ari, Gokhan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
In this study, the purpose was to determine whether there was concordance among raters in the assessment of the writing performance using analytic rubric; furthermore, factors affecting the assessment process were examined. The analytic rubric used in the study consists of three sections and ten properties: External structure (format, spelling and…
Descriptors: Sentences, Scoring Rubrics, Program Effectiveness, Writing Evaluation
Williams, Joanna P.; Hall, Kendra M.; Lauer, Kristen D.; Stafford, K. Brooke; DeSisto, Laura A.; deCani, John S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
This study investigates the effectiveness of an instructional program designed to teach 2nd graders how to comprehend compare-contrast expository text. Along with introducing new content (animal classification), the program emphasizes text structure via clue words, a sequence of questions, and a graphic organizer, and via the close analysis of…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Grade 2, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure
