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Chambrè, Susan J. – Reading Horizons, 2023
Vocabulary development remains an active and robust research area, yet little is known about what students, particularly young students, think during vocabulary learning. A commonly held assumption is that young learners employ few, if any, cognitive and metacognitive strategies when engaged in literacy tasks. Conversely, decades of research…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Language Acquisition, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
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Sergi, Katerina; Elder, Anastasia D.; Wei, Tianlan; Javorsky, Kristin; Xu, Jianzhong – Reading Horizons, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate metacognitive self-regulated learning (SRL) differences in computer- and paper-based reading assignments across elementary students. Students in two after-school programs in a southeastern U.S. public school district were recruited. The final sample consisted of 48 students in Grades 2--5 who…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Printed Materials
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Tiffany L. Gallagher; Arlene Grierson; Catherine Susin – Reading Horizons, 2023
Although small-group guided reading is traditionally an elementary school instructional practice, this study details how high school English teachers perceived its implementation in high school classrooms. As part of a larger, multiyear research project, this 2-year study examined a dual-level coaching professional learning program that included…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Small Group Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods
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Lammert, Catherine; Holyoke, Erica B. Steinitz – Reading Horizons, 2020
Learning to use critical practice-based research as part of teaching is an important goal for preservice teachers, especially for those who plan to teach English learners in linguistically diverse settings. In this study, we examine the experiences of preservice teachers who were introduced to a framework for enacting iterative, transformative…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Preservice Teachers
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Wang, Yang; Gilles, Carol J. – Reading Horizons, 2017
Retrospective Miscue Analysis (RMA) has proved to be a useful instructional tool in language arts classrooms and for English learners from various cultures. However, it has not been used with native Mandarin-speaking English learners. This qualitative case study explored the reading process of two adult Mandarin-speaking ELs through RMA. They read…
Descriptors: Miscue Analysis, Mandarin Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Pratt, Sharon M.; Martin, Anita M. – Reading Horizons, 2017
This case study explored professional development centered on explicit teaching strategies with in-service first-grade teachers as they engaged beginning readers to consider stronger self-awareness of their thinking processes as they read. In this paper, we report on how teacher beliefs shifted regarding the impact of explicit versus implicit…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Grade 1