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Direct linkSmith, Ann Marie; Salgado, Yolanda – Reading Improvement, 2018
The purpose of this case study was to investigate how an English language arts teacher used young adult literature to help English language learners improve English and literacy comprehension. Through the lens of Anzaldua's (2007) "borderlands", and Rolon-Dow's (2005) "critical care", the authors analyze the case study…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Grade 6, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Kindle, Karen J.; Schmidt, Cynthia M. – Reading Improvement, 2019
In this collaborative self-study, two teacher educators examined transcripts of preservice teachers' inquiry groups focused on assessment and tutoring of struggling readers as part of a reading methods course. The analysis identified instances of scaffolding by the course instructor that influenced preservice teachers' development. Types of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Transcripts (Written Records), Methods Courses
Kindle, Karen J.; Schmidt, Cynthia M. – Reading Improvement, 2013
In this collaborative self-study, two teacher educators examined transcripts of preservice teachers' inquiry groups focused on assessment and tutoring of struggling readers as part of a reading methods course. The analysis identified instances of scaffolding by the course instructor that influenced preservice teachers' development. Types…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Transcripts (Written Records), Methods Courses
Laverick, DeAnna M. – Reading Improvement, 2014
The purpose of this research was to determine if reading specialist candidates improve the reading proficiency of their students through the use of digital, technology-based teaching techniques and materials. The candidates were certified teachers who provided individualized and small-group instruction to K-6 children while the candidates were…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewedBarron, Ruth J. – Reading Improvement, 1973
Questions some of the techniques currently used in reading courses because they reinforce such poor reading skills as short attention span. (RB)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Elementary Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedRickford, Angela E. – Reading Improvement, 2005
Everything a persons needs to know in life is learned in Kindergarten is a popular adage among teachers. In this article, the author relates how everything she needed to know about teaching she learned from her own children. She relates that from the moment of their birth, she had determined that her four children would learn to read before they…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Early Reading
Peer reviewedMcWilliams, Lana; McWilliams, Perry – Reading Improvement, 1976
Concludes that the tutorial setting may have more positive consequences for students' adjustment to the larger academic setting than traditional learning environments. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Conventional Instruction, Educational Research, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBagford, Jack – Reading Improvement, 1990
Discusses the problems of teaching critical reading and the lack of progress toward the solutions to the problems. Suggests a definition of critical reading and methodologies for its teaching. Presents a classroom observation checklist to evaluate students' critical reading processes. (MG)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedRupley, William – Reading Improvement, 1977
Recommends that effective reading instruction be evaluated by comparing actual and expected reading growth, identifying effective teaching techniques, using research methodology that creates better understanding rather than design sophistication, and considering both the cognitive and affective dimensions of reading instruction. (RL)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Instructional Improvement, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedKlecker, Beverly M.; Pollock, Mary Anne – Reading Improvement, 2005
Kentucky's goal of reaching academic "proficiency" by 2014 illuminated 2002 reading test scores: 44.30% of middle and 71.25% of high school students scored below "proficient." The research question was, "Do teaching practices in schools with high reading achievement scores differ from teaching practices in schools with low…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Reading Achievement, Teacher Surveys, Grade 9
