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Wimbley, Nina Diane – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This sequential mixed-method study aimed to explore elementary reading teachers' perceptions and experiences of vocabulary practice and student self-efficacy to increase reading achievement. The quantitative approach utilized a Likert-type survey design shared with respondents through email to identify teachers' perceptions of vocabulary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Vocabulary, Self Efficacy
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Anna C-S Chang – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2024
This study investigated the effects of assisted oral reading on EFL learners' oral reading rates and took into account repetition times, passage features (length and type), and language proficiency. Forty-nine students from a university of technology took part in a 27-week oral reading program. Teaching assistants were assigned to assist…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Oral Reading, Repetition, Language Proficiency
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Okkinga, M.; van Gelderen, A. J. S.; van Schooten, E.; van Steensel, R.; Sleegers, P. J. C. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Prior studies suggest that teaching reading strategies promotes reading comprehension in adolescents who have difficulties with reading comprehension, yet the results of those studies are mixed. Individual differences in students' vocabulary knowledge may explain these mixed results. This article examines to what extent vocabulary knowledge…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Knowledge Level, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Instruction
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Yan, Mengge; Li, Yixun; Sun, Xin; Zhou, Xuelian; Hui, Yi; Li, Hong – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Backgrounds: Decoding and vocabulary are two essential abilities to reading comprehension. Investigating the roles of decoding and vocabulary in Chinese reading development can not only provide empirical evidence to enrich the current reading theories but also have implications for educational practice. Aims: To examine the developing importance…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Chinese
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Cámara-Martínez, Alba; Suarez-Manzano, Sara; Martínez-López, Emilio J.; Ruiz-Ariza, Alberto – South African Journal of Education, 2022
The acquisition of vocabulary and narrative comprehension are key abilities for children's literacy development and to potentiate cognitive and academic skills from early ages. The aim with this study was to analyse the effects of a 6-week integrated active-lessons programme based on playful games, vocabulary, and narrative comprehension.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension
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Isabel R. Rodríguez-Ortiz; Francisco J. Moreno-Pérez; David Saldaña – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2025
Difficulties in monitoring reading comprehension result in poor comprehension. One key aspect of monitoring is metacomprehension, which refers to one's awareness of one's own reading comprehension. Previous studies have observed difficulties in metacomprehension among the deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) population. This study aims to determine…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Reading Comprehension