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Shanahan, Cynthia; Shanahan, Timothy; Misischia, Cynthia – Journal of Literacy Research, 2011
The purpose of this study is to describe educationally relevant differences in literacy use among three subject-matter disciplines--history, chemistry, and mathematics. These analyses were drawn from an investigation of the teaching of disciplinary literacy in high schools. The purpose of the overall project was to improve the literacy-teaching…
Descriptors: Literacy, Differences, Intellectual Disciplines, History
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Silio, Monica C.; Barbetta, Patricia M. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2010
A multiple-baseline design across subjects was used to investigate the effects of word prediction and text-to-speech alone and in combination on four narrative composition-writing skills (writing fluency, syntax, spelling accuracy, and overall organization) of six fifth-grade Hispanic boys with specific learning disabilities (SLD). Participants…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Learning Disabilities
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Cohen, Lynn; Krustedt, Rosanne L.; May, Maria – Reading Horizons, 2009
This study examined the relationship between fluency and comprehension, specifically related to the text structures of narration and dialogue. Using descriptive statistics, this investigation first examined fluency and comprehension of three teacher educators and then through action research examined fluency and comprehension of five third grade…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Relationship, Text Structure
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Allen, David – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
The aim of the current research is to investigate the effects of textual modification upon the distribution of specific linguistic features of news texts when authors adopt an intuitive approach to simplification. The research focuses on the distribution and use of relative clauses (RCs) across three levels of simplification. The analysis of news…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Research, Sentence Structure
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Mølstad, Christina Elde; Hansén, Sven-Erik – Education Inquiry, 2013
Traditionally, the Nordic curriculum has been viewed as a document with school subjects in focus. This article reports on how two national curricula function as instruments for governing education and explores the possible differences in how national curricula govern education. This investigation was carried out by researching curricula for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, National Curriculum, Governance
Schulze, Joshua – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the potential of Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) pedagogy to support English language learners (ELLs) in enhancing their meaning making potential as they engage in persuasive writing practices within academic contexts. The dissertation results from a teacher action research project in which the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, English Language Learners
Velazquez-Mendoza, Omar – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation focuses on the apparent linguistic discontinuity reflected in notarial texts from the twelfth to the thirteenth century in the Iberian Peninsula. Particular attention is given to the historical development of Spanish personal a (the direct object animacy marker), which can be used to trace the communicative continuity that must…
Descriptors: Evidence, Medieval History, Sociolinguistics, Semantics
Haria, Priti Damji – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the effectiveness of instruction in a genre-specific reading comprehension strategy, "Critical Analysis of Argumentative Text" (CAAT), which was designed to help students to identify, summarize and critically analyze parts of argumentative text. Based on the premise that reading and writing require similar knowledge of text…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Criticism, Grade 5
Nebraska Department of Education, 2010
The WWC practice guide "Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade" presents a set of evidence-based practices that teachers and other educators can use to successfully teach reading comprehension to young readers. The guide, developed by a panel of experts, presents a set of evidence-based practices that teachers…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Primary Education, Elementary School Students
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Humphrey, Sally – English in Australia, 2010
Over the past twenty years much work has been done by teachers of secondary English to describe and make explicit the semiotic resources used to access and critique the discourses of powerful institutions such as schooling. At the same time, however, there has been a growing recognition that the rhetorical resources needed for adolescents to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Text Structure, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Invention
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Kelley, Michelle J.; Clausen-Grace, Nicki – Reading Teacher, 2010
The Text Feature Walk is a structure created and employed by the authors that guides students in the reading of text features in order to access prior knowledge, make connections, and set a purpose for reading expository text. Results from a pilot study are described in order to illustrate the benefits of using the Text Feature Walk over…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Prior Learning, Expository Writing, Text Structure
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Read, Sylvia; Reutzel, D. Ray; Fawson, Parker C. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
Informational text is an important resource for classroom teachers that places unique comprehension demands on young students. Research on teaching expository text structure to young children shows that explicit instruction improves student comprehension. This practical article addresses how to use "well-structured" expository trade book titles to…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Childrens Literature, Reading Comprehension, Young Children
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Marinak, Barbara A.; Gambrell, Linda B. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2009
The basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic are necessary, but not sufficient for participation in a world that demands independent and cooperative problem solving of its citizens. Young children come to school with an interest in the community and the world outside their own. Social studies curricula can affirm the child's immediate…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Social Studies, Text Structure, Reader Text Relationship
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MacArthur, Charles A.; Lembo, Leah – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
This study investigated the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction in writing with adult literacy learners. Three middle-aged African-American adults participating in adult education with the goal of passing the GED received tutoring in a strategy for planning, writing, and revising persuasive essays along with self-regulation strategies.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Writing Instruction, African Americans
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Klingner, Janette K.; Urbach, Jennifer; Golos, Deborah; Brownell, Mary; Menon, Shailaja – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2010
In this study, we conducted 124 observations of 41 special education teachers teaching reading to their third- through fifth-grade students with learning disabilities to determine the extent to which and in what ways they promoted students' reading comprehension. In 42 lessons, we did not observe any comprehension instruction. In 30 lessons, the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Special Education Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Instruction
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