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Direct linkKim, James S.; Burkhauser, Mary A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
To make progress in improving students' reading comprehension, we need to rethink the very nature of reading comprehension -- it's not a skill and it requires background knowledge. James Kim and Mary Burkhauser explain that, to help students apply what they learn from one reading task to another reading task, educators should consider developing…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Download full textAslan, Yasin – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Cross-curricular objectives serve as a kind of "safety net" for core objectives. Firstly, cross-curricular objectives refer to competencies that do not pertain to the content of one or more subjects, but that can be taught, practised and applied in it, such as learning to learn and social skills. Secondly, certain cross-curricular final…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Rahn, Naomi L.; Coogle, Christan Grygas; Storie, Sloan – Journal of Special Education, 2016
An adapted alternating treatments design was used to compare the expressive use of thematic vocabulary by three preschool children with developmental delays during Dialogic Reading, a shared book reading intervention, and Activity-Based Intervention, a naturalistic play-based teaching method. The design was replicated across two early childhood…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Thematic Approach
Macri, Cecilia; Bocos, Musata – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2013
Through this research was intended to underline the importance of the semi-global strategies used within thematic projects for developing writing/reading abilities in the first grade pupils. Four different coordinates were chosen to be the main variables of this research: the level of phonological awareness, the degree in which writing-reading…
Descriptors: Writing Ability, Reading Ability, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
Sweat, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Students exhibiting speech deficits may not have the appropriate skills or support structures necessary to obtain adequate or acceptable literacy development as mixed results from past research have indicated that some students with speech impairments have the capacity to gain appropriate literacy skills. The purpose of the qualitative holistic…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Parent Attitudes
Kumar, Tracey – School Community Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine how a family literacy text linked to a large-scale, U.S.-based family literacy program either privileged or disprivileged dominant, Eurocentric literacy practices. More specifically, this study investigated the ways in which the family literacy text: (1) conceptualized literacy; and (2) constructed the role…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Social Influences, Mothers, Parent Role
Prado, Ludivina; Plourde, Lee A. – Reading Improvement, 2011
The relationship between the intentional teaching of reading strategies and the increase in reading comprehension was studied. The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) reading pretest and posttest scores of 57 subjects were analyzed to see if there was a significant increase in performance after the reading strategies were taught. The study…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Scores, Gender Differences
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2007
The study examines the Saudi national reading curriculum for Grades 1-6; defines the word identification, reading comprehension and teaching approaches; describes the reading lesson design, reading themes, the word identification and reading comprehension skills developed; and reports the strengths and weaknesses of the reading curriculum.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Word Recognition, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSmit, Edna K. – Reading Teacher, 1990
Shares two methods for teaching themes (giving and jealousy are used as examples) to elementary students. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedDehnke, Ronald E. – Reading Improvement, 1972
Descriptors: English Education, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedCadenhead, Kenneth; Carmichael, Nadine M. – Reading World, 1979
Describes how a fourth grade teacher used themes in children's literature to develop higher levels of reading comprehension. (TJ)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classification, Elementary Education, Group Discussion
Bolte, Anne L. – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1989
The advantages of using themes as the foundation of a language arts program for hearing-impaired students are outlined. Methods for developing new themes, recycling old themes, having children choose their study materials, and structuring classroom activities are presented. Examples from an insect theme illustrate the approach. (JDD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Entomology, Hearing Impairments
Henney, Maribeth – 1990
With the current emphasis on whole language, the use of children's literature as the basis for reading instruction is widespread. Theme units have been suggested as one way to provide stimulating opportunities for children to explore and learn. Whole language based literature theme units emphasize process more than product. Units are designed to…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation
Kohl, Herb – Teacher, 1979
Continuing with his suggestion from previous issues that themes of interest to most children can tie together reading, writing and language arts, the author presents classroom activities and reading suggestions based on four more themes: fairness and unfairness; cultural identity; overcoming weaknesses or handicaps; requited and unrequited love.…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Language Arts
Peer reviewedEddowes, E. Anne – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1994
Reviews "Favorites, Friendships, Food, and Fantasy: Literature-Based Thematic Units for Early Primary" (A. Lukasevich and F. Pieronek), a two-volume publication that presents four literature-based thematic units for use in the language arts curriculum. The units are designed to be used sequentially in 12- or 15-day segments, and each lesson has 4…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Childrens Literature, Elementary School Curriculum, Language Arts
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