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Kates, Laura R. – New Educator, 2014
If teachers are to be informed, aware actors in today's labyrinthine policy environment, they need to be knowledgeable about the issues and interests that so extensively impact their work lives. One skill needed to construct such a knowledge base is the ability to read strategically. This article is an account of an attempt to make learning…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Teachers, Reading Comprehension, Preservice Teachers
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Benevides, Tina; Stagg Peterson, Shelley – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2010
Pre-service teachers' reading habits and their literacy abilities affect their views toward teaching reading and writing and how they implement literacy instruction. This study explored the relationship between the past and current reading habits of pre-service teachers in relation to their reading and writing abilities. Participating teacher…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits, Reading Tests, Writing Ability
Iwai, Yuko – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This mixed method research study explored the role of metacognitive awareness in reading among adult English as a Second Language (ESL) students of various academic levels enrolled in a university in the southeastern part of the United States of America while engaged in academic reading. In addition, this study examined metacognitive reading…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Grade Point Average
Pressley, Michael; And Others – 1997
Grade-5 teachers, who were nominated by their supervisors as effective in educating their students to be readers and writers, responded to questionnaires about their practice. The 33 teachers claimed commitments to: (1) extensive reading at the heart of their reading instruction; (2) diverse instructional activities (e.g., whole-group instruction,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades, Prior Learning