Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Source
| International Reading… | 1 |
| London Review of Education | 1 |
| TEACHING Exceptional Children | 1 |
| Theory into Practice | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Researchers | 1 |
| Students | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
| North Carolina | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkSantoro, Lana Edwards; Baker, Scott K.; Fien, Hank; Smith, Jean Louise M.; Chard, David J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2016
The use of informational texts in the elementary grades provides a context for helping students develop content understanding and domain knowledge across a wide range of subject matter. Reading informational text also provides students with the language of thought, foundational vocabulary that can be connected to other words, and technical content…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level
Nation, Kate; Angell, Philip – London Review of Education, 2006
This paper reviews recent experimental findings that inform our understanding of the development of reading comprehension. Studies investigating children who have specific difficulties with reading comprehension provide considerable information concerning the process involved in successful reading comprehension. This literature highlights aspects…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literacy, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedLemke, J. L. – Theory into Practice, 1989
Teachers and students must build semantic connections between words of the text and already familiar ways of speaking, integrating the formal language of the subject into their own ways of speaking. This article demonstrates how classroom dialogue can help make textbook language part of the language of the students. (IAH)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Content Area Reading, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1989
Intended to be used as an assessment instrument in conjunction with North Carolina's Basic Education Program, this communication skills notebook reflects an instructional program that is developmentally appropriate for first and second graders. The notebook contains resource materials which include strategies for teachers to use in evaluating…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Criteria, Grade 1, Grade 2
Squire, James R., Ed. – 1987
Focusing on future directions for English and reading research, the papers presented in this book examine the complex interplay of skills, processes, and classroom conditions that influence the development of children's competence in reading, writing, and the language arts. The titles and authors of the essays are as follows: (1) "Reading and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Ruddell, Robert B., Ed.; Unrau, Norman J., Ed. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2004
For years this landmark book has helped educators, graduate students, and researchers shape their curriculum and stay informed about the latest developments in literacy research and instruction. This fifth edition continues the book's tradition of exemplary scholarship and remains a resource for the most innovative thinking in the field. Although…
Descriptors: Reading, Models, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
