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Maria Prozesky; Naomi Nkealah – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2024
We teach English literature in South Africa, to third- or fourth-language English speakers. Increasingly dissatisfied with the effectiveness of our pedagogy under conditions of massification, we seek to agitate propositions about our students' reading and what these propositions means for our pedagogy. Drawing on narrative theory we analyse our…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Portfolio Assessment, Literacy, Reading Instruction
Nobles, Susanne; Anderson, Daniel; Raman, Manjula; Laird, Katy; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2018
This study was premised on the importance of vocabulary in comprehending text. Critical findings from both the National Reading Plan (NRP) and the National Reading Technical Assistance Center (NRTAC) frame this study, both in the intervention that was implemented and in the manner in which outcomes were measured. Using expository passages…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Nicholson, Tom – Reading Research Quarterly, 1984
Two classes of junior high school pupils were observed for two school terms to determine how they coped with the reading demands of the four main content areas--math, English, science, and social studies. (HOD)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Content Area Reading, Interviews, Junior High School Students