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Direct linkGuo, Siao-Cing; Lan, Yu-Ju – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
This study aims to investigate the influence of story creation on young EFL learners' reading performance. Action research was adopted to examine the effects of two different story reading projects in a library setting in Taiwan. Each project comprised a group of 19 young EFL learner from Grades 4 to 6 (aged 10-12). The first group's activities…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation
Cromie, Rachel; Fa'alogo, Ingrid Gwilliam; Gwilliam, Marilyn; Limbrick, Libby – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2017
Current national and international research indicates the summer break can negatively affect students' reading achievement. To counter this effect, our primary school with a range of students worked in collaboration with our local public library to plan and implement a summer reading programme. The purpose of the programme was to increase…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students
Download full textKaratay, Halit; Tezel, Kadir Vefa; Demirel, Ahmet – South African Journal of Education, 2023
In this qualitative research we employed the case study method to identify the factors that affect Turkish fifth to eight graders' selection of books to read and the reasons that cause them to stop reading the books they have selected. To identify those factors and reasons, data were collected from a total of 32 participating students who were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Marzoli, Rita; Papa, Ornella – Online Submission, 2017
This study investigates the relationship between School Library and Students' achievement on a population sample of 9896 Schools. Many international researches confirmed the importance of the School Library for the Students learning. Recently the IEA PIRLS survey has revealed a positive relationship between the Reading comprehension performance…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Academic Achievement, Italian, Language Tests
Crow, Sherry R.; Kastello, Lisa – School Library Research, 2016
This paper is based on two studies conducted in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2008 and in Kampala, Uganda, in 2014. The basic research question addressed in both studies was: "What are the experiences in the lives of upper elementary-aged children that foster an intrinsic motivation to seek information?" The secondary question was:…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Motivation, Information Seeking, Personality
Nielen, Thijs M. J.; Bus, Adriana G. – AERA Open, 2015
We compared students from schools with an enriched school library--that is, one with a larger and more up-to-date book collection--with students from schools with a typical school library. We tested effects of an enriched school library on reading motivation, reading frequency, and academic skills. Fourth- and fifth-grade students of 14 schools…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Enrichment
Soares, José Francisco; Alves, Maria Teresa Gonzaga; Xavier, Flavia Pereira – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of Brazilian elementary schools on the chances of their students achieving at different levels of mathematics proficiency. Since student proficiency is classified at three levels--Insufficient, Basic and Proficient--the chosen model of analysis was the hierarchical multinomial model. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, School Effectiveness, Mathematics Achievement
Chu, Samuel Kai Wah – School Library Research, 2012
This paper reports an exploratory investigation of the information-literacy levels of primary 5 students in Hong Kong. Factors such as gender and reading ability were also examined. Primary 5 students from four local schools completed a fourteen-item information-literacy assessment (ILA), which was adopted and modified from questions on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Information Literacy, Case Studies
Cutting, Hal – Educational Facility Planner, 2009
Today's primary schools are being designed in a totally different way from those of only a few years ago. In Australia, both the Victorian Government and the Catholic education authorities have changed their notion of schooling. The most significant change has been the linking of curriculum, pedagogy and the types of spaces in which children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Educational Change, Primary Education
Liu, Geoffrey Z.; Zhang, Wuhong – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2008
This preliminary study investigates the current situation of school library support of K-12 health education in China. A survey of 42 school librarians and 115 K-12 teachers from selected schools was conducted to find out their views about school library's role in school health education and their current practice of library use in health…
Descriptors: Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education, School Libraries, Foreign Countries
McTaggart, Alex, Comp. – International Council for Educational Media, 2009
International Council for Educational Media-Conseil International des Medias Educatifs (ICEM-CIME) brings together experts from the fields of education, media, IT, and educational media production. Since its formation in 1950, the organization has witnessed and contributed to educational media in an international forum. The 2009 ICEM conference…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Video Games, Distance Education, Educational Media
Kennedy, Ann M., Ed.; Mullis, Ina V.S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Trong, Kathleen L., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2007
In the "PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) 2006 Encyclopedia," each participating country, 39 in total, describes its education system and the reading curriculum as it is intended to be taught, and outlines the polices and practices that guide reading instruction and teacher education. This in-depth, qualitative…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Reading Achievement, Library Facilities, Encyclopedias
