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Download full textShnayer, Sidney W. – 1968
The relationships between reading interest and reading comprehension were studied through the performances of 578 sixth-grade students divided into seven ability groups. Each group was required to read material with readability scores two grades higher than the group's mean reading ability. They rated the selections according to degrees of…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Readability, Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Risner, Gregory P.; And Others – 1994
A study examined the levels of comprehension generated by questions in story-related and story-retell activities in the Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) program. A sample of 500 questions from CIRC materials for grades 4, 5, and 6 were classified. Results indicated that the majority of story-related and story-retell questions…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Questioning Techniques
Erazmus, Thomas R. – 1987
Using the Pizza Hut "Book It" Program which encouraged students to read a certain number of books per month, a study examined the effect of this program on standardized test scores. Subjects, 98 fifth grade students, were placed in high, middle, or low reading groups according to teacher assessment. Half of the students from each group…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Independent Reading, Intermediate Grades, Reading Ability
Hoffman, Sybil M. – 1978
A study was conducted to determine the effect of a program of listening skills on the reading comprehension of fourth grade students. After a pretest, an experimental group of 12 boys and 12 girls was selected randomly from four classrooms and a control group was selected with matched pretest scores. The experimental group was taught using…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Listening Comprehension, Listening Skills
McCabe, Patrick P. – Elementary English, 1975
Having children write their own stories with accompanying photographs proved to be a successful way of changing feelings of apathy toward reading to enthusiasm. (JH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading
Kunes, Shirley; Gilman, David – 1999
A study examined whether allowing students to make choices in their reading program significantly increased their self concepts as readers and the value they place on reading. The Motivation to Read Profile was administered to 20 fifth-grade students from a variety of socioeconomic families. After allowing the students to make choices in their…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes, Reading Material Selection
Bruce, Merle E.; Robinson, Gregory L. – 2001
This study assessed the effectiveness of a metacognitive and reciprocal teaching approach for improving the word identification and reading comprehension skills of upper primary poor readers in a regular classroom situation. To improve word identification skills, experimental subjects were given metacognitive training in the analysis and…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSmith, Lawrence L.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1983
Concludes that for fourth and fifth grade students in compensatory reading programs, using test forms from a lower grade level and converting the scores might give a more reliable estimate of achievement. (FL)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Reading Programs
Goodman, Kenneth S.; Page, William D. – 1978
The purpose of this study was to examine theories of reading comprehension and instruction as they relate to instructional practices in the middle grades. Following an extensive review of literature in the theoretical areas upon which reading programs are normally based--reading, language, learning, and teaching--specific characteristics within…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Elementary Education
Ganikos, Mary; And Others – 1980
The individualized developmental reading laboratory program described in this monograph was designed to supplement regular reading instruction in grades four and five. Information is provided on the instructional procedures used in the program, with emphasis on instruction given through teacher comments written in individual students' folders.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Intermediate Grades, Learning Laboratories
DeVito, Pasquale John – 1976
To investigate the effects of Title I reading programs and the relationships of relevant sets of variables to student achievement, this study sought to determine the unique, and the common, contributions of background, mental ability, program, and parental involvement to the variance in reading comprehension and vocabulary scores for Title I…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Intermediate Grades, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedGerrell, Holly R.; Mason, George E. – Reading World, 1983
Concludes that the fact that fifth-grade students comprehended computer-displayed chunked passages better than passages displayed in the traditional format indicates that the display device, the CRT, really made no difference in student performance. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Grade 5
Peer reviewedMalicky, Grace; Schiebein, Dennis – Reading Improvement, 1981
Concludes that both average and poor readers are able to make inferences when reading materials at their instructional reading level. (FL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedBrown, Jean E.; Stephens, Elaine C. – ALAN Review, 1999
Describes three studies funded by the ALAN Foundation: the first study examines the potential impact that young adult literature has on a group of high school students; the second examines use of young adult literature in middle school classes in New York City; and the third study surveys 60 professors about their young adult literature courses.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, English Curriculum, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Jarvis-Janik, Margaret – 1993
A study investigated the effectiveness of an Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Pull-out program on the reading achievement of Hispanic fifth- and sixth-grade participants. Earlier research on the effectiveness of such programs was inconclusive. Subjects, 30 randomly chosen students from a Chicago public school who received instruction…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Hispanic Americans, Instructional Effectiveness
