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Kazuma Fujii – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
Extensive Reading (ER) emerges as a promising approach for acquiring a foreign language, allowing for a large amount of language exposure. However, the influence of supplementary activities within ER programs has yet to be thoroughly investigated, despite previous studies suggesting their potential effectiveness. This research investigated the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Yan, Xiaofang; Kim, Jungtae – Cogent Education, 2023
With the increasing popularity of computer-assisted language learning in the past decades, how to teach English reading in the new educational landscape created has become a challenge. Abundant literature has contributed to reading strategy instruction worldwide, however, empirical studies on computer-aided schema strategy training for Chinese…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Case Studies, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Mapping
Papola-Ellis, Aimee L. – Reading Horizons, 2014
As more districts begin implementing the Common Core State Standards, text complexity is receiving a lot of discussion. It is important for educators to understand the numerous factors involved with text complexity and to have a wide range of strategies to support students with challenging text. This paper shares data from three elementary…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Common Core State Standards
Jones, Barbara; Chang, Sandy; Heritage, Margaret; Tobiason, Glory; Herman, Joan – Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2015
This resource is part of a series produced by the Center for Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI) to assist teachers and those who support teachers to plan teaching and learning from College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) for all students, including students with disabilities, English learners, academically at-risk students, students…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Gifted Disadvantaged
Robb, Laura – Instructor, 2008
Not too long ago, on a visit to two sixth-grade classrooms, the author saw very clearly the challenge teachers have before them when they try to differentiate reading. In both classrooms, 11-year-olds who read like fourth graders shared tables with classmates who read like the average ninth grader--a five-year span. How teachers approach this…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Classrooms, Grade 4, Reading Instruction

McKeown, Margaret G.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1993
Describes an approach, called "Questioning the Author," that is targeted toward getting young readers to engage with their textbooks--to really consider ideas deeply. Notes that the approach attempts to actualize the presence of an author, understand the author as a fallible transmitter of ideas, and transform author's ideas into readers' ideas.…
Descriptors: Authors, Children, Class Activities, Intermediate Grades
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1985
The papers included in this book focus on writing and reading across the curriculum. Beginning with an introduction by Malcolm P. Douglass, the book contains the following 25 titles: "Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum" (Malcolm P. Douglass); "A Deepening Understanding of Reading and Writing" (Walter Loban); "The…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Kettlewell, Gail B. – 1983
College students can read, but they often lack the prereading and postreading skills needed to help them think about and respond to what they read. A three-step plan can help students read and understand the text more fully. The first step entails using measures of fitness to determine: (1) the grade level of the text being considered and how it…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education, Readability Formulas
Vick, Marian L.; Lynn, Jo Ann – 1983
Recent studies refuting the effectiveness of advance organizers in preparing students to comprehend text material have not met the conditions necessary for advance organizers to succeed. According to the assimilation theory, which holds that people learn by chaining what is known to what is to be learned, the following conditions must be met for…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Graphic Organizers, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning
Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Morrison, Timothy, Ed.; Martin, Linda, Ed.; Boggs, Merry, Ed.; Raine, I. LaVerne, Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2010
For its 53rd annual meeting, the Association of Educators and Researchers met in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Marriott Charlotte City Center. This year's conference theme was "Building Literacy Communities", which was also used as the title for this year's Yearbook, Volume 32. This organization has long been the home of some of the nation's…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Influence of Technology, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Harker, W. John, Ed. – 1985
Intended for secondary school content area teachers, this book provides a sequence of steps through which classroom content area reading programs can be developed. The chapters discuss the following: (l) four methods of diagnosis for content area reading; (2) a procedure for assessing the richness of retellings; (3) approaches to content area…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Instructional Materials, Program Development, Readability
Maginnis, George H. – 1987
Reflecting the popularity of television viewing, the use of captioned video cassettes bridges the gap between "televiewing" and reading, and can be used to improve the reading skills of college students, who see these materials as helpful in improving concentration, mental imagery, speed, and comprehension. Cassettes, either of captioned…
Descriptors: Captions, Films, Higher Education, Media Adaptation
Harris, Theodore L., Ed.; Cooper, Eric J., Ed. – 1985
Intended to help teachers both improve students' text comprehension and better understand the teaching-learning process involved, this book focuses on comprehension and concept development as the central core of an effective educational program. The book's five sections deal with teaching explicit comprehension skills, precomprehension and…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Content Area Reading
Kitao, Kenji – Doshisha Studies in English, 1994
This article discusses Japanese students' difficulties in reading English, overviews some of the problems of college English textbooks, presents the results of research on the subject, and discusses characteristics of measures of readability. Teaching methods that have proven effective with Japanese students and activities for engaging students in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Singer, Harry; Donlan, Dan – 1985
Appropriate for teachers of any grade who want to teach their students how to read and learn from text, this book explains how to develop and use strategies that will enable all students to read and learn in the content areas without stigmatizing them. The book is divided into four parts. The first part explains the changing role of the school and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Change