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Download full textCastro, Mary Nerissa T. – Online Submission, 2019
Reading is the prime foundation of one's academic and social status. However, this vital skill is what most students lack attention and interest. As a result, it deteriorates their critical thinking skills. To address the problem, Harvey Daniel introduced his literature circle strategy. It showcases different features that likely aid student's…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Reading Comprehension, College Students
Flynn, Kerry A. – Online Submission, 2015
The effect of Leveled Literacy Intervention were examined using a group of ten third grade students at Crosswell Elementary School. The students were selected to participate by using their Fall 2014 MAP score. Students that had a Fall 2014 MAP score of =189 were placed into the research group. The focus of the research was to determine if Leveled…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Intervention, Parent Attitudes
Gibson, Katherine D. – Online Submission, 2009
Strategy based reading instruction helps teachers differentiate the teaching of reading. It also supports many types of readers by explicitly teaching and modeling reading comprehension strategies. The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of strategy based reading instruction for improving student reading comprehension. …
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes
AL-Nifayee, Amani Mohammed – Online Submission, 2010
This research investigates the effectiveness of the Instrumental Enrichment Approach on the enhancement of the reading comprehension skills of learners with English Language Learning Difficulties. It aims at identifying the reading comprehension skills required for preparatory stage English language learners, re-develop and teach sample materials…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Check Lists, Reading Tests
LeDoux, Amanda – Online Submission, 2007
The Whole Language/Phonics debate has been raging in California since the 1980s. However, there has been no real determination about which method is best for teaching reading to our students. Yet the Whole Language method has lost the recognition and respect of the educational community because the program was not implemented by all teachers the…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Phonics, Emergent Literacy, Reading Instruction
Waldron, Chad H. – Online Submission, 2008
The research study examined whether a difference existed between the reading achievement scores of an experimental group and a control group in standardized reading achievement. This difference measured the effect of systematic oral reading fluency instruction with repeated readings. Data from the 4Sight Pennsylvania Benchmark Reading Assessments…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Reading Fluency, Reading Achievement
Vogt, Darlene – 1983
A study investigated the effectiveness of semantic mapping as a technique to improve recall of word meaning versus the traditional method of teaching vocabulary. Eight intermediate-level students from grades 4, 5, and 6, five of whom were identified as learning disabled students, were subjects. They were tested using vocabulary subtests of the…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Teaching Methods
McCarthy, Marilyn – 1981
An annotated bibliography of materials on the language experience approach to reading instruction, prepared as part of a study to determine the effects of and methods for implementing this approach in primary classrooms, comprises the major portion of this document. The bibliography's 63 annotations are arranged in four categories: (1) the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Language Experience Approach, Literature Reviews, Primary Education
Antonelli, Judith – 1991
A study investigated the decoding automaticity of elementary students when receiving rule-based instruction (as a process of applying syllable and structural analysis rules and limited phonics), and when receiving holistic instruction in a whole language program (exercises in listening, reading and writing, integrated with classroom instruction…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Phonics, Reading Instruction
Facemire, Nancy E. – 2000
This nine-week study examined the effect of the Accelerated Reader program on the reading comprehension scores of third grade students in a socio-economically disadvantaged area of West Virginia. Two separate third grade classes, with different teachers, but within the same school, participated in this study. The experimental group of students was…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness, Low Income, Primary Education
Stevenson, Sally L. – 1991
A study was conducted to determine whether using the schema method for vocabulary instruction would be significantly greater than using the dictionary method for vocabulary instruction. Subjects were 12 sixth grade students who were divided into two sample groups and received different forms of vocabulary instruction for 10 weeks. Each sample was…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Reading Instruction
Gaswind, Janice – 1982
A language screening test and a standardized reading test were administered to 41 first grade children to determine if there was a significant correlation between language ability and reading achievement as measured by the tests. The tests were hand scored and the results analyzed using the Pearson product moment correlation. The findings…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Correlation, Grade 1, Language Skills
Lovett, Gladys J. – 1983
A study was conducted to determine if teachers of disadvantaged children encountered instructional problems in reading that teachers of students who are not disadvantaged did not. A questionnaire was distributed to 12 grades-one-through-four teachers in a school serving the disadvantaged and 12 teachers in a school in which students were not…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction
Blake, Susan M. – 1988
A study tested the hypothesis that the self-esteem of a group of six sixth graders would be raised through the employment of a bibliotherapeutic program. Self-esteem was measured before and after the program by the "Culture-Free Self-Esteem Inventory for Children Form A." The subjects, who were from low, average, and above average reading groups,…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Grade 6, Group Dynamics, Intermediate Grades
Nicholson, Doris – 1984
A study investigated the effectiveness of teaching children how to take reading comprehension tests. Twenty-eight fifth grade students were pretested using the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test, Survey D, Form I. The students were tested on speed and accuracy, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students were given 30 minutes of daily instruction and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Performance Factors, Reading Comprehension
