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Ebru Ergül; Nurhan Aktas – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2024
The aim of this study is to examine the national and international studies on the combination of interactive reading with language skills at the primary school level through the content analysis method. Upon being accessed using multiple keywords and databases and then selected by the researchers in the light of the criteria determined according…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Language Skills
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Erickson, Joy Dangora – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2019
Reading motivation declines across elementary school. Although a substantive body of empirical work exists specific to the reading motivation of older children, researchers have paid less attention to younger readers. Given that children's perceptions of school experiences shape motivation, and motivation impacts achievement, it is imperative that…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Directed Reading Activity, Intervention
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Kabilan, Muhammad Kamarul; Kamarudin, Fadzliyati – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2010
This article reports on a teacher's experiment with Reader's Theatre (RT), an interactive play reading activity with elements of reading aloud, drama and theatre, for her 20 unmotivated learners of literature in a premier school in Malaysia. Using RT, the students staged Angela Wright's "Potato People". The procedures and design of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Directed Reading Activity, Experiential Learning
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Damico, Jack S.; Abendroth, Kathleen J.; Nelson, Ryan L.; Lynch, Karen E.; Damico, Holly L. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
This research report provides additional data, manifestations and discussion about avoidance strategies employed by a language-learning disabled student during reading activities. Rather than seeing avoidance as due to random distractions or oppositional behaviours, these data provide a rationale for viewing many types of avoidance as systematic…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
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Yokota, Junko; Kolar, Jacqui – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2008
Preparing students to be global citizens is foremost among teachers' educational goals and is central to the teaching of social studies. High quality trade books with multicultural and international themes can promote cultural and global awareness, which in turn advocates for peace and social justice. Such literature allows teachers to select…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Social Justice, Educational Opportunities, Social Studies
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
The Accelerated Reader/Reading Renaissance program (now called Accelerated Reader Best Classroom Practices) is a guided reading intervention in which teachers direct student reading of text. It involves two components. Reading Renaissance, the first component, is a set of recommended principles on guided reading (or teachers' direction of…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Computer Software