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Prescott, Sharon H. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore upper elementary reading classes in a low socio-economic area to determine the effects frequent praise, both academically and socially, have on the zone of proximal development in reading (ZPD[subscript RL], Renaissance Learning, 2006). A causal-comparative study was utilized by observing two groups of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Beginning Reading
Abrams, Jules C.; Goldman, Janice – 1974
The basic hypothesis of this paper is that problems in separation-individuation in infancy and/or adolescence may result in difficulties in utilizing learning skills. Furthermore, it is emphasized that the two periods of separation-individuation, while similar in many ways, have their own unique qualities and resolutions. Three case histories are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
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Watkins, Barbara A. – Reading, 1971
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Performance Factors, Phonics
Livingstone, George – 1977
Reading is comprehension, it is a complex network of interrelated skills, and it involves several levels of thinking, but in a holistic rather than in a molecular response to the text. The practice of reading based on this theoretical understanding involves identifying levels of comprehension; noting that levels of comprehending are not strictly…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Schmidt, Eunice; Yates, Carolyn – Australian Journal of Reading, 1985
Documents how a preschool child learns to read. Identifies what teachers need to know if they are to continue the reader's own discoveries and delight in language. (EL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Skills