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Direct linkSavasçi, Merve; Akyel, Ayse Semra – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2022
This quasi-experimental study aims to investigate the effects of Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), Assisted Repeated Reading (ARR), and Traditional Reading (TR) instructions integrated into an EFL reading program on EFL reading comprehension, silent reading rate, reading motivation, and attitudes toward EFL reading, by also addressing the potential…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gordon, Carol – School Library Journal, 2010
The reading patterns and habits of young and old are changing as reading migrates from the printed page to the computer screen. Now, new forms of expression such as remixes and mash-ups are emerging from interactive digital environments. How can school librarians help students read with understanding in dynamic digital environments? How can they…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, School Libraries
Download full textMeyers, Rick – 1998
A study investigated the effect Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) has had on literacy at Estancia High School in California which recently implemented an SSR program. It also examined the role SSR has on language development, comprehension, vocabulary, student attitudes, and its corollary consequence on the development of reading habits. A survey of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Literacy, Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits
McCarthy, Cheryl A. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2003
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a computerized reading reward program by Renaissance Learning Inc. (RLI) that offers schools management software with computer quizzes of books identified by reading level (RL) and assigned points in order for children to read books, take quizzes, and earn points. Schools or teachers decide whether to offer prizes in…
Descriptors: Reading, School Libraries, Learning Resources Centers, Computer Software
Peer reviewedGrubaugh, Steven – Clearing House, 1986
Discusses the effects of a sustained silent reading (SSR) program on school administrators, teachers, librarians, and the students. Offers suggestions on setting up an SSR program. (SRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Content, Program Implementation
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 11 titles deal with the following topics: a mature reader's use of consciously employed strategies to facilitate comprehension; contextual and acontextual approaches to teaching vocabulary to adult students; methods for teaching…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, College Freshmen
Flynn, Elizabeth A. – 1980
Students in college basic skills programs will become more proficient writers not simply by being taught specific writing strategies, but also by greater exposure to the total linguistic system through reading. In the first of two reading projects initiated in an Ohio State University basic skills program, eight students participated voluntarily…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Higher Education, Low Achievement, Programed Instruction
Coley, Joan D. – 1981
The Reading Enrichment/Achievement Demonstration Project (READ) has provided continuing studies, since 1976, of sustained silent reading programs that use paperback books. The 1980-81 Project READ involved 1,100 young people in the juvenile justice system who attended 25 alternative schools and community-based programs. The public school portion…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Junior High School Students, Nontraditional Education
Hillerich, Robert L. – Illinois Reading Council Journal, 1985
A substantial body of reading research indicates that poor readers would become much more successful if teachers pretended that they were actually good readers. First, research suggests that teachers should provide poor readers with more silent and less oral reading time, thereby furnishing them with more reading experience that emphasizes meaning…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Instructional Improvement, Primary Education, Questioning Techniques
