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Direct linkWarnke, Tara – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Adolescence is a critical time period when it comes to fostering lifelong interest and practices in reading, yet a decreasing number of middle school students are performing at Proficient and Advanced levels in reading. The purpose of this study was to examine whether providing middle school students with an increased level of choice in their…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Independent Reading, Reading Attitudes, Reading Achievement
Hartman, Douglas Keith – 1986
A study measured the effects that direct instruction in narrative text structure using a story map (called "macrostruction") had on the comprehension of average and above average sixth-grade readers. A 2 x 2 x 2 repeated measures design was used with time, text, and treatment as the independent variables. The number of story grammar idea…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Narration
Renaud, Aldeo – 1980
A study was conducted to evaluate the level of difficulty of textbooks (French and Sciences) written in French for use with sixth grade students. A cloze test was administered to a sample of sixth grade students in two francophone districts in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, and the Henry readability formula was applied to the same texts.…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Foreign Countries, French, Grade 6
Meckler, Terry Anne; Vogler, James D. – 1985
Elementary school teachers in experimental classrooms participated in inservice training programs which consisted of interpretation of information on Rasch profiles, individualization, and classroom climate. The teachers in the control classrooms received inservice training in the traditional topics only. Pupils in the experimental and control…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Download full textLayton, Kent – 1983
A study was conducted to determine if a teacher-constructed cloze procedure correlated significantly with two standardized tests of reading achievement, thereby testing G.D. Spache's claim that most teachers are unable to design valid and reliable assessment materials. Subjects were 60 fourth and sixth grade students who were administered the…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 6
Peer reviewedHall, Leigh A. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2005
This year-long case study examines how a struggling reader in a sixth-grade social studies class, a seventh grade mathematics class, and an eighth grade science class "transacted" with the reading task demands of her specific classroom. Through regular classroom observations and interviews, the researcher documents how each student responded to…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Social Studies, Science Education, Mathematics Education
