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Ann C. Dean – Across the Disciplines, 2023
Scholars in college learning and writing studies have argued that reading has an image problem: we have trouble "seeing" it. This study contributes to making reading visible by collecting a series of images used by faculty and students enrolled in first-year experience courses. Qualitative analysis of interviews with five faculty and 34…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Reading Improvement, Reading Motivation, Reading Strategies
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McCormick, Montana K.; Segal, Pamela H. – Science Teacher, 2016
University educators work with preservice teachers who often feel overwhelmed when facing high school science classrooms full of reluctant readers. These struggling students often have various special-education modifications or are English language learners (ELLs) with different degrees of language proficiency. Teachers report that these students…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Science Materials, Reading Habits, Reading Interests
Morrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed.; Gambrell, Linda B., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2018
Many tens of thousands of preservice and inservice teachers have relied on this highly regarded text from leading experts, now in a revised and updated sixth edition. The latest knowledge about literacy teaching and learning is distilled into flexible strategies for helping all PreK-12 learners succeed. The book addresses major components of…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Evidence Based Practice
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Lei, Simon A.; Berger, Adam M.; Allen, Brigita M.; Plummer, Chad V.; Rosenberg, Worka – Reading Improvement, 2010
In order to successfully complete any college-level courses, English Language Learner (ELL) students must be able to read and comprehend a large volume of academic information. However, many instructors are completely overwhelmed in teaching their respective subject areas and are academically unprepared to teach ELL students appropriate reading…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning