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The Effects of Participation in the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation Summer Reading Pilot Program on Students' Academic Performance and Reading Motivation
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Hammond, Ronda; Caro, Iris; Harrison, Pamela – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This mixed-methods study was conducted to identify the effects of participation in the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) summer pilot reading program on students' academic performance and reading motivation over 2 years. Data from rising first- through third-grade students and teachers in 37 public school districts across the state of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Reading Motivation
The Effects of Participation in the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation Summer Reading Pilot Program on Students' Academic Performance and Reading Motivation
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Harrison, Pamela; Caro, Iris; Hammond, Ronda – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This mixed-methods study was conducted to identify the effects of participation in the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) summer pilot reading program on students' academic performance and reading motivation over 2 years. Data from rising first- through third-grade students and teachers in 37 public school districts across the state of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Reading Motivation
Learning Activities Used for Reading Literacy Instruction in Selected Namibian Primary Schools
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Naftal Gabriel; Nhlanhla Mpofu – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: The need to examine teachers' learning activities in reading literacy instruction arises from concerns about reading proficiency levels in the Namibian Junior Primary phase, where reading literacy is a fundamental skill crucial for academic success. Aim: The study examined the learning activities used for reading literacy instruction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Reading Instruction, Grade 3
Exploring the Influence of a School-Based Therapy Dog Reading Program on Reluctant Readers' Motivation to Read and Reading Fluency in the K-4 Setting
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Laura A. Carino – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This mixed-methods research study focuses on students', teachers', and parents' perceptions of the influence therapy dogs in schools can have on reluctant readers' attitudes about reading and motivation to read at school and at home as well as exploring changes in the participants' oral fluency. Eight student participants read to our school…
Descriptors: Animals, Therapy, Program Effectiveness, Reading Motivation
Man's Best Friend as a Reading Facilitator
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Shaw, Donita Massengill – Reading Teacher, 2013
The purpose of this manuscript was to describe information about an animal-assisted therapy, specifically the Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D.) program. In this manuscript I provide information about R.E.A.D. programs in general. Next, I share perspectives solicited from R.E.A.D. participants, specifically teachers, parents, students and…
Descriptors: Animals, Therapy, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness
Johnny Won't Read, and Susie Won't Either: Reading Instruction and Student Resistance
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Powell, Rebecca; Mcintyre, Ellen; Rightmyer, Elizabeth – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2006
Why are children off task? What is going on in classrooms where a majority of children are off task? In this study we analyzed primary-grade classroom literacy instruction in which there was considerable off-task behavior. Using Turner and Paris's frame for understanding student motivation in the classroom, we analyzed 73 activity settings where…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Student Motivation, Reading Motivation, Literacy Education