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Smith, Kevin G.; Foorman, Barbara R. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2015
This guide is designed to facilitate self-studies of planning and implementation of state-required summer reading camp programs for grade 3 students who scored at the lowest level on the state reading assessment. It provides a template for data collection and guiding questions for discussion that may improve instruction and increase the number of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
Chambers, Jennifer; Hausman, Charles – Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research, 2014
This qualitative comparative case study identified factors that distinguish between high and low-performance on reading achievement in elementary rural Appalachian schools. This study determined the most effective instructional reading strategies, as well as other influential factors, implemented by school districts in the rural Appalachia area…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Rural Schools, Reading Achievement, High Achievement
Casey, Laura; Robertson, Janet; Williamson, Robert; Serio, Constance; Elswick, Susan – Canadian Journal of Education, 2011
Single case studies are helpful in analyzing the details of implementation of an individualized intervention program (reference). Their exploratory nature can result in more case studies, which can be compared to allow for better understanding of an intervention's usefulness. This case study investigated the effectiveness of using brief…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Fluency, Case Studies

Rupley, William H. – Roeper Review, 1984
Research on teacher effectiveness in reading instruction is reviewed and implications for gifted students are noted for four areas: reading diagnosis, teacher-directed instruction, opportunities to learn and practice, and engagement in learning. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gifted, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction

Guthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Reviews research showing that teachers can improve student reading behaviors through direct instruction and reinforcement. (FL)
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Teachers

Houtveen, A. A. M.; Booji, N.; de Jong, R.; Grift, W. J. C. M. van de – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1999
Examines effects of adaptive instruction on results of 456 children in the first year of reading instruction at 23 Dutch primary schools. Teachers in the experimental group show significantly higher adaptive instructional behaviors (optimizing time on task and using direct instruction and phonics methods) than control-group teachers. (59…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Individualized Instruction, Phonics

Nevi, Charles N. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Notes that researchers have generated multiple theories as to why students learn to read better when they tutor others. Surveys several options, then concludes that the answer may lie in the amount of time spent on task in tutoring. (FL)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
Denham, Carolyn, Ed.; Lieberman, Ann, Ed. – 1980
This volume describes the process, findings, and implications of a complex research project known as the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES). A major contribution of the study is its focus on Academic Learning Time (ALT) as a measure of learning. ALT is the amount of time a student spends engaged in academic tasks of appropriate difficulty.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 5

Baumann, James F. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Describes the characteristics of effective reading programs and presents implications for the improvement of reading instruction. (HOD)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Planning
Linn, Robert L.; Meyer, Linda A. – 1985
The relationship of the amount of classroom time devoted to reading instruction, the number of reading related activities, and teacher instruction feedback to reading achievement at the end of kindergarten was investigated for a sample of approximately 300 children in 14 kindergarten classrooms at three schools. Based on nine rounds of full-day…
Descriptors: Feedback, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
Yatvin, Joanne – 1980
To confirm or refute impressions that primary grade children do little in the way of actual school work during the day, a principal conducted informal observations in several first and second grade classrooms. Each type of activity the children might perform, such as reading, coloring, or moving about the room, was grouped into three major…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Curriculum Development
Thieme-Busch, Carolyn A.; Prom, Sukai E. – 1983
A study evaluated an adaption of the Stallings Process of Teaching Reading in Secondary Schools in a large urban public school system. This inservice training program is designed to increase teachers' effective use of time. The program is composed of pre-training observations and resulting feedback on needed improvements in classroom behavior,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction