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Hodges, Tracey S.; McTigue, Erin; Wright, Katherine Landau; Franks, Amanda D.; Matthews, Sharon D. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2018
The present study builds upon established best practices in narrative comprehension instruction by redesigning a story map, to retain the benefits of text structure instruction, while also facilitating students to reach deeper levels of character-based comprehension. Framed in reader response theory, dual coding theory, and developmental theories…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Childrens Literature, Story Reading, Reading Comprehension
Kelly, Laura Beth – Reading Horizons, 2020
Current standards push for elementary students to have text-based and text-centric discussions of what they read. This study explored what bilingual third-grade students talked about during small-group text-based discussions of informational texts. The author conducted a qualitative analysis of 10 video-recorded discussions, five of books matched…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Group Discussion, Grade 3
Kelly, Laura Beth – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The author explored text difficulty for third-grade bilingual students reading below grade level. In six small-group discussions, students read and discussed informational texts matched to their reading levels, and in six other sessions they read and discussed texts one year ahead of their reading levels. The alternating treatment design and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Grade 3, Reading Comprehension
The Impact of Multicultural Literature on Empathy Development in Third-Grade Students: A Pilot Study
Gordon, Linda K. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a pilot study conducted in a graduate action research class that sought to investigate the impact of multicultural literature experiences on third-grade students' ability to make empathetic connections in their writing and discussions about literature. Conducted as participant action research, five…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Empathy, Childrens Literature, Multicultural Education
Peterson, Katie – Reading Horizons, 2016
The merits of decentralized small groups has been questioned in literature and by practicing teachers; thus this study shows the academic and identity work children do as they attempt to make meaning in these spaces. This study explores the affordances and drawbacks of decentralized small group discussion contexts in a multiage (3rd/4th) grade…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4
Brown, Sally – Democracy & Education, 2015
Transaction circles weave together elements of guided reading and literature circles in an open conversational structure that supports students as agentive learners. Discourse within these circles utilizing digital informational texts assist in the development of democratic practices even in a time when federal mandates limit curricula and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Aesthetics
Williams, Lunetta M.; Hall, Katrina W.; Hedrick, Wanda B.; Lamkin, Marcia; Abendroth, Jennifer – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2013
The purpose of the present study was to develop an instrument to measure reading during in-school independent reading (ISIR). Procedures to establish validity and reliability of the instrument included videotaping and observing students during ISIR, gathering feedback from literacy experts, establishing interrater reliability, crosschecking…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Video Technology
Cox, Carole – SAGE Publications (CA), 2011
Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides teachers with 40 strategies for using fiction and non-fiction trade books to teach in five key content areas: language arts and reading, social studies, mathematics, science, and the arts. Each strategy provides everything a teacher needs to get started: a classroom…
Descriptors: Fiction, Nonfiction, Books, Content Area Reading
Certo, Janine L. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2011
Many childhood educators are attempting to shift from the dominant "recitation" format of discussions found in today's classrooms. This study draws on reader response, and sociocognitive and sociocultural theories to investigate children's perceptions of social skills and leadership moves after participating in small-group discussions of…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Discussion Groups, Leadership, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Cummins, Sunday; Stallmeyer-Gerard, Cate – Reading Teacher, 2011
The purpose of this article is to describe the assessment-driven instruction that facilitated third graders' increased understanding of informational texts, as revealed in their written responses to texts during one school year. The key instructional practices included making transparent for students what it means to synthesize, engaging students…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Teaching Methods, Reader Response, Nonfiction
Demény, Paraschiva – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2012
The first part of the present paper deals with the analysis of the literary theory and linguistic background of the reader-response method, respectively with the presentation of the process of composition and its psychological components. The reader-response textual interpretation method can take several different approaches of literary theory,…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Teaching Methods, Written Language, Writing (Composition)
Pantaleo, Sylvia – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
The classroom-based research discussed in this article focuses on how elementary students' experiences with a collection of postmodern picturebooks developed their narrative competence. This article explores how 39 Grades 3 and 4 students' written and visual texts were affected by reading a particular selection of picturebooks. The students wrote…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Writing (Composition), Elementary School Students, Reading Materials
Certo, Janine; Moxley, Kathleen; Reffitt, Kelly; Miller, Jeffrey A. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
The purpose of the present study was to investigate students' perceptions of their experiences with literature circles across elementary grades. A stratified random sample of 24 diverse students in grades one, three, four, and five were individually interviewed to obtain perceptions of their attitudes toward literature circles and their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students
Hulan, Nancy – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2010
This article describes a qualitative study of discussion patterns within guided reading groups in a struggling metropolitan school. The study involves analysis of reader response to literature through discussion within teacher-led and student-led contexts. Transcripts of discussions surrounding texts, teacher interviews, and student surveys were…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Reading Instruction, Reader Response, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Stokes, Laura – Inverness Research, 2009
In 2007, the United Animal Nations (UAN) launched the Humane Education Ambassador Readers (HEAR), an innovation that focused on mitigation of animal suffering through education. In the HEAR program, adult volunteers read carefully selected story books to children in grades 3-6 in schools or other educational settings, and hold discussions with the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Animals, Altruism, Empathy
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