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Kuhn, Karen E.; Rausch, Casey M.; McCarty, Tiffany G.; Montgomery, Sarah E.; Rule, Audrey C. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
Many primary grade students are not afforded nonfiction-rich opportunities, with fiction comprising the majority of books read aloud in classrooms. With the Common Core Standards recommending that half of the texts made available to students be nonfiction, educators are increasing their use of informational text. The present study explored the…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills
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Reutzel, D. Ray; Jones, Cindy D.; Fawson, Parker C.; Smith, John A. – Reading Teacher, 2008
An effective alternative to the traditional classroom practice of Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) called Scaffolded Silent Reading (ScSR), is described in detail in this article. An implementation of ScSR in a third-grade classroom is presented. Quantitative and qualitative results from a year-long field experiment are reported in which ScSR is…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Improvement, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Stull, Andrew T.; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Do students learn more deeply from a passage when they attempt to construct their own graphic organizers (i.e., learning by doing) than when graphic organizers are provided (i.e., learning by viewing)? In 3 experiments, learners were tested on retention and transfer after reading a passage with author-provided graphic organizers or when asked to…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Experiential Learning, Instructional Materials, Educational Psychology
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Donnelly, Michelle – Education 3-13, 2005
In recent years, the DfES, 2003 has pushed schools to try and integrate more interactive teaching methods into everyday teaching and learning. This push in technology has lead to an increased call for the use of interactive software to support reading. This study looks at whether talking stories benefit the children who use them. It is a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Multimedia Materials