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Paris, Alison H.; Paris, Scott G. – Cognition and Instruction, 2007
This study provided 5 weeks of direct strategy instruction about narrative elements and relations in 4 first-grade classrooms (n = 83), all with materials that made minimal decoding demands on children's reading. Two comparison classrooms (n = 40) received comparable instruction on language development and poetry. A battery of assessments given at…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Primary Education, Statistical Analysis
Vollands, Stacy R.; And Others – 1996
A study evaluated the effect software for self-assessment and management of reading practice had on reading achievement and motivation in two primary schools in Aberdeen, Scotland. The program utilized was The Accelerated Reader (AR) which was designed to enable curriculum based assessment of reading comprehension within the classroom. Students…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries