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de Milliano, Ilona; van Gelderen, Amos; Sleegers, Peter – Journal of Research in Reading, 2016
This study examines the relationship between types and sequences of self-regulated reading activities in task-oriented reading with quality of task achievement of 51 low-achieving adolescents (Grade 8). The study used think aloud combined with video observations to analyse the students' approach of a content-area reading task in the stages of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Adolescents, Reading Achievement
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Clinton, Virginia; Seipel, Ben; Broek, Paul; McMaster, Kristen L.; Kendeou, Panayiota; Carlson, Sarah E.; Rapp, David N. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine if there are gender differences among elementary school-aged students in regard to the inferences they generate during reading. Fourth-grade students (130 females; 126 males) completed think-aloud tasks while reading one practice and one experimental narrative text. Females generated a larger number and a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Protocol Analysis
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Chen, Minglei; Ko, Hwawei – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
This study was to investigate Chinese children's eye patterns while reading different text genres from a developmental perspective. Eye movements were recorded while children in the second through sixth grades read two expository texts and two narrative texts. Across passages, overall word frequency was not significantly different between the two…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Eye Movements, Word Frequency, Literary Genres