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Wang, Pei-ling – English Language Teaching, 2011
The purposes of this study are: (1) to investigate students' perceptions of computer-assisted whole language instruction; (2) to examine the effectiveness of whole language instruction on students' reading improvement; and (3) to determine the difference between basic-level and advanced-level students' improvement in reading skills. A total of 212…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Brungardt, Susan – 1994
A study investigated the attitudes toward reading of third-grade students involved in a whole language program. The sample consisted of 71 students--48 students participated in the study group, and a control group consisted of 23 students. The independent variables were participation status, gender, socioeconomic status, race, qualification for…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education, Reading Attitudes
Al-Tamimi, Yaser; Rabab'ah, Ghaleb – Online Submission, 2007
This study investigates the effect of phonological awareness instruction on the development of word-reading ability for EFL first-graders in a Jordanian state school. Based on Chard and Dickson's (1999) phonological awareness hierarchy, a phonological awareness training program was developed by the researchers, and used in training the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, English (Second Language)
Roos, Marie C.; And Others – 1993
A study tested the usefulness of the Theoretical Orientation to Reading Profile (TORP) in terms of its accuracy in measuring preservice teachers' change in theoretical orientation to reading as a result of having taken a reading methods course. Subjects, 27 upper division elementary education majors (the experimental group) and 15 upper division…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Introductory Courses
Oppelt, Shirley – 1991
A practicum developed and implemented an integrated reading program to raise reading vocabulary and comprehension scores and reading attitudes in a fourth-grade classroom. A classroom of 23 students was used to implement the program. A standard diagnostic test was used to record pre- and post-test scores in vocabulary and comprehension, and a…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Program Descriptions
Agnew, Nancy – 1995
A study examined the effectiveness of a program for improving student writing skills by using whole language. Targeted population was a fifth grade class of 30 students in a stable middle class, suburban community, located in Rockford, Illinois. Writing deficiencies were documented through data gathered from norm referenced tests, quality and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Evans, Deborah J. – 1992
A practicum was designed to increase the instructional options chosen by classroom teachers in order to create meaningful connections between reading and writing for elementary students. Teachers in the target school were experiencing difficulty in translating theory into effective classroom practice. In response to a teacher needs assessment,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Descriptions
Casey, Jean M. – 1992
A study investigated the effectiveness of an adapted Writing to Read (WTR) program that focused on the writing process and included the "Stories and More" software for literature-based emphasis. Over 1000 writing portfolio samples were collected from kindergarten through second grade students in 29 classrooms in 6 California school…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Hunt, Geraldine – 1994
A program was designed to improve the reading skills of the second grade at-risk students in a suburban K-6 elementary school located northwest of Chicago, Illinois. The second grade at-risk students could not read fluently at the conclusion of the academic school year, and consequently did not exhibit strong reading comprehension skills. A…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Style, Grade 2, High Risk Students