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Frambaugh-Kritzer, Charlotte; Buelow, Stephanie – Reading Horizons, 2022
This study aims to grow the literature by examining the "how" of disciplinary literacies (DL) elementary mathematics instructional practices in teacher education, which is under-reported. Using qualitative case study methods, we examined how one cohort of elementary preservice teachers (PTs) enacted the DL instructional practices in…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics Education, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Pletcher, Bethanie; Christensen, Rosalynn – Reading Horizons, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to explore the teacher/student reading conferences in two first grade teachers' classrooms in one primary school. Sixteen one-to-one reading conferences were recorded and transcribed over a two-month period and coded for content as related to the CAFÉ (Boushey & Moser, 2009) model of…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Reading Instruction, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Rupley, William H.; Nichols, William Dee; Mraz, Maryann; Blair, Timothy R. – Reading Horizons, 2012
Instructional design is an integral part of a balanced approach to teaching vocabulary instruction. This article presents several instructional procedures using research-based vocabulary strategies and explains how to design and adapt those strategies in order to reach desired learning outcomes. Emphasis is placed on research-based principles that…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Instructional Design, Reading
Smetana, Linda; Grisham, Dana L. – Reading Horizons, 2012
The authors explore the practice of incorporating graphic novels in a Tier 2 Response To Intervention (RTI) program for five elementary-aged struggling readers in an urban school. Using a formative experiment framework, the study found that graphic novels provided a vehicle for the application of word recognition and fluency strategies learned in…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools, Word Recognition
Cohen, Lynn; Byrnes, Katherine – Reading Horizons, 2007
This action research project investigated 2 different instructional procedures used for third grade students' vocabulary acquisition. We researched read-aloud trade books containing targeted vocabulary words with daily direct word learning strategies and compared that to a traditional definitional approach with 12 bilingual and 4 monolingual…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teaching Methods, Grade 3, Elementary School Students

VanderMeulen, Kenneth – Reading Horizons, 1974
Describes a teaching technique for developing the vocabulary of students in high school reading classes. (RB)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development

VanderMeulen, Kenneth – Reading Horizons, 1976
Begins a four-part series dealing with practical suggestions for improving the vocabularies of high school students. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development

Blinderman, Abraham – Reading Horizons, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Dictionaries, Reading, Study Habits

Braun, Carl – Reading Horizons, 1976
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Sight Vocabulary

Cushenbery, Donald C. – Reading Horizons, 1978
Examines five types of vocabulary possessed by all learners and outlines methods for helping students build overall vocabulary abilities. (GW)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods

Martin, Charles E.; Mateja, John – Reading Horizons, 1985
Presents strategies designed to encourage the predictive behavior of students attempting to acquire new vocabulary. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Prediction, Reading Strategies

Spiegel, Dixie Lee – Reading Horizons, 1984
Discusses the understandings and attitudes needed for successful vocabulary development. Groups these into three categories--intellectual, practical, and affective. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Student Attitudes

Duffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading Horizons, 1981
Offers a vocabulary testing technique that requires the student to match the description of a situation or the expression of an idea with a word to which the situation or idea alludes. (FL)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Test Construction

Heinrichs, Audrey S. – Reading Horizons, 1987
Discusses the contradictions found in recommendations for direction instruction or informal math language development, and some suggestions for practical resolution of disagreements, to enable school reading specialists to provide both background and practical help to classroom instructors teaching math. (HTH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Consultants

Duffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading Horizons, 1982
Describes an instructional technique for expanding children's vocabulary that embodies the principle that learning involves relating new experiences to what is already known. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Learning Activities, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension