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Tabbetha Harrison – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative, causal-comparative, non-experimental study was to determine if there is a difference in reading self-efficacy and perceived learning among fourth- and fifth-grade inner city students who participated in experiential learning and those that did not participate in experiential learning. Experiential learning is…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Self Efficacy, Literacy, Elementary School Students
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Laverick, DeAnna; Paquette, Kelli; Sibert, Susan M. – Reading Improvement, 2020
Experiential learning opportunities support readers in developing the background knowledge that is essential for comprehension. When authentic experiences are not feasible, virtual reality experiences serve as a vicarious approach to help readers have opportunities that promote comprehension. Rooted in experiential learning theory, virtual reality…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension
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Jeremy Lucian Daniel Watts; Kathryn Jordan Gandy – Reading Teacher, 2024
The responses children make during read-alouds bridge meaning from stories. Educators must grasp the value of children's responses and reactions to literature. Children's discourse is central to the reading process; thus, children must be allowed to participate in this learning process. Due to this, the read-aloud process in the classroom should…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Children, Reader Response, Reading Processes
Maslyk, Jacie – Solution Tree, 2019
Maker education--an instructional approach that emphasizes hands-on learning--empowers students to become passionate, creative thinkers. In "Remaking Literacy," author Jacie Maslyk details how to transform literacy teaching and learning by integrating maker-centered learning projects for elementary classrooms. Rely on the book's tools…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Experiential Learning, Literacy Education, Active Learning
Sherry Julian-Robinson – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the use of active learning in classroom instruction and student achievement, and to ascertain whether this relationship is influenced by classroom discipline problems. Is it the case that the more a teacher utilizes active learning strategies in the classroom, the more her…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Grade 4, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Joanna C. Weaver; Cynthia D. Bertelsen; Timothy Murnen; Jessica N. Glanz – Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence, 2021
While some teacher candidates may believe reading instruction is the responsibility of English teachers, providing teacher candidates across all content areas with opportunities to develop skills working with developing readers may impact this misconception. Since some teacher candidates have limited experience, confidence, and/or reading…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Adolescents, Reading Strategies
Aofrate, Lisa H. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Attrition for entry-level, non-traditional college students taking developmental reading courses is a concern for higher education institutions. Students need to complete basic developmental reading courses in order to progress in their vocational or collegiate studies. This phenomenological study followed a social constructivist approach to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Grace Townsend Craig – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The present study investigated the effects on student test scores of providing Tier 1 and Tier 2 professional development (PD) about language arts instruction to teachers at a Title I elementary school. All general education teachers received ongoing feedback and assistance in hands-on learning of effective instructional techniques for reading,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Reading Instruction, Faculty Development, Language Arts
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Hughes, Marie Tejero; Braun, Gina – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2019
We must provide preservice special educators with quality programs that are inclusive of both the knowledge and skill needed for delivering engaging and impactful literacy instruction. Successful teacher education programs not only engage preservice educators in developing their knowledge of practices but provide opportunities to practice and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Preservice Teachers, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
Carlsson-Paige, Nancy; McLaughlin, Geralyn Bywater; Almon, Joan Wolfsheimer – Defending the Early Years, 2015
Today, in conjunction with the Alliance for Childhood, we are thrilled to release our new report "Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose." In the report we concluded that Common Core reading requirements for kindergarten are inappropriate and not well-grounded in research. Under Common Core, students are…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Kindergarten, Common Core State Standards, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Spence, Lucy; Tanaka, Toshiya – Childhood Education, 2016
As young children enter formal schooling, they are at various points along their individual developmental paths toward literacy. Generally, their egocentric speech is becoming more social and they are building their capacity for logical thought and concrete problem-solving. This is a gradual development and teachers can support children's literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Child Development
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Pilgrim, J. Michael; Pilgrim, Jodi – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2016
This article presents virtual reality as a tool for classroom literacy instruction. Building on the traditional use of images as a way to scaffold prior knowledge, we extend this idea to share ways virtual reality enables experiential learning through field trip-like experiences. The use of technology tools such Google Street view, Google…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Computer Simulation, Classroom Techniques, Educational Technology
Allison, Tamara Alice – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Due to variation that exists in providing Tier 2 reading intervention instruction, the purpose of the study was to identify processes and instructional strategies currently being utilized by K-2 teachers of the Gallup, New Mexico elementary schools. 17 teachers from 9 of the 10 elementary schools participated in the study. A survey instrument was…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Brodeur, Katherine; Ortmann, Lisa – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2018
This descriptive case study examines preservice teachers' beliefs about themselves as teachers of reading as they develop identities for teaching through experiences in a Foundations of Literacy course and their tutoring relationships with elementary students during an accompanying practicum. As the preservice teachers learned about foundational…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Reading Teachers
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Rochford, Regina A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
In 2008, Queensborough Community College incorporated service learning into 15 remedial reading and writing courses. To determine its impact, statistical analyses were performed, and they demonstrated significantly (a) higher GPAs, (b) improved rates of retention, and (c) the completion of more college credits among service learning participants.…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Remedial Reading, Remedial Instruction, Reading Instruction
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