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Direct linkStrong, John Z. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2023
Awareness of informational text structures is related to reading comprehension and varies according to characteristics of readers and texts. The purpose of this study was to develop and refine a measure of text structure awareness, the Text Structure Identification Test (TSIT), by investigating its internal consistency reliability and construct…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Instruction, Construct Validity, Grade 4
Turcotte, Catherine; Caron, Pier-Olivier – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2020
This study conducted with French-speaking students living near Montréal, Canada, assess if teaching the shared knowledge between reading and writing of informative texts improves reading comprehension in fourth grade (9-10 years old) to a greater extent than teaching that separates reading and writing. Teachers participating in the experiment…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Reading Writing Relationship, Reading Comprehension
Ravelli, Louise – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reflect on pedagogical strategies which support the teaching of critical analysis of visual and multimodal texts in a tertiary-level course for Arts students. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes strategies which focus on developing students' abilities to express interpretive critique, as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English Instruction, Writing (Composition), Art Education
Download full textRoehling, Julia V.; Hebert, Michael; Nelson, J. Ron; Bohaty, Janet J. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Students often have difficulty comprehending informational text. Results from a meta-analysis by Hebert, Bohaty, Nelson and Brown (2016) indicated that text structure instruction is effective for improving reading comprehension of expository text. This article presents evidence-based practices for teaching informational text structures to improve…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Grade 2
Seipel, Ben; Carlson, Sarah E.; Clinton, Virginia E. – Reading Psychology, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine moment-by-moment fluctuations in text comprehension processing and determine how and when poor and good comprehenders differ. To do so, we reanalyzed a dataset of think-aloud protocols from 138 intermediate elementary students. Both good and poor comprehenders used a variety of processing strategies when…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Reader Text Relationship
Bataineh, Ruba Fahmi; Salah, Na'em Ali – TESOL International Journal, 2017
Despite a plethora of research on the utility of drama in the foreign language classroom (e.g., Boudreault, 2010; Gorjian, Moosavinia, & Jabripour, 2010; Zafeiriadou, 2009; Ziltener, 2011), less research addresses its effect on skill development (e.g., Al-Rabadi & Bataineh, 2015; Bataineh, Al-Rabadi, & Smadi, 2013). This study examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Drama, Second Language Instruction
Scales, Roya Q.; Tracy, Kelly N. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2017
This case study examines features and processes of a sixth grade teacher (Jane) utilizing text sets as a tool for facilitating critical thinking. Jane's strong vision and student-centered beliefs informed her use of various texts to teach language arts as she worked to address demands of the Common Core State Standards. Text sets promoted multiple…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Grade 6, Language Arts, Common Core State Standards
Shen, Mei; Troia, Gary A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2018
This study used a multiple-probe, multiple-baseline single-case design to investigate the efficacy of planning, and then revising strategy instruction using self-regulated strategy development on the compare-contrast writing performance of three late elementary students with language-learning disabilities. After receiving the planning instruction,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Children, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
White, Sheida; Kim, Young Yee; Chen, Jing; Liu, Fei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
This study examined whether or not fourth-graders could fully demonstrate their writing skills on the computer and factors associated with their performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) computer-based writing assessment. The results suggest that high-performing fourth-graders (those who scored in the upper 20 percent…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Writing Tests, Grade 4
Moses, Lindsey – Classroom Discourse, 2012
This article addresses the relationship among theories related to classroom language and literacy events by first examining the researcher's theoretical perspective on discourse and sociocultural theories of learning development. The analytical heuristic for a microethnographic approach using a variety of theoretical tools is discussed and…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Inquiry, Classroom Techniques
Ong, Justina – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2014
This study had two main aims: first, to offer a descriptive account of shared reading program using an evaluative lens and second, to examine whether teachers' perceptions of the importance of phonological awareness, word decoding, and text comprehension in helping young learners develop their reading abilities were indeed emphasized during…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Reading Programs, Phonological Awareness, Teacher Attitudes
Skoumios, Michael; Hatsinikita, Vassilia – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2008
The present paper aims at investigating the structure and the content of the written explanations produced by primary school pupils' aged 11-12) during teaching sequences focused on the didactic elaboration of obstacles regarding temperature and heat. At first, teaching sequences targeted at the pupils' destabilising, restructuring, and…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Teaching, Science Instruction, Sequential Approach
