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Overcoming Reading Difficulties with Reading Fluency Strategies in the Turkish Language: Evidence from a Transparent Orthography
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Halil Ibrahim Öksüz; Kasim Yildirim – Reading Psychology, 2025
This study employed a single-case design with an AB structure to examine the effect of implementing a Response to Intervention (RTI) model on a fourth-grade elementary school student with reading difficulties. The participant in the study was Deniz, a fourth-grade elementary school student. The pretest measures revealed that Deniz was at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Reading Difficulties
A Reading Comprehension Program for Primary School Students
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Ertugrul Çam; Muhammet Bastug – Reading Psychology, 2025
The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the reading comprehension program prepared for primary school fourth grade students on students' reading comprehension skills. In this context, students' attitudes toward reading, reading motivation, fluent reading skills and reading comprehension strategies were considered in the study. The…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Programs, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Reading with Understanding in a Lower Primary Classroom: A Learning Journey to Improve Teacher Practice and Student Learning Outcome
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Shomal Prabhashni Chandra; Satish Prakash Chand – Reading Psychology, 2024
This action research study aimed to improve reading with understanding in a lower primary classroom in Fiji. Five emergent readers were selected through an examination of class running records. Peer observation, student worksheets, and class running records were utilized to collect data. The data analysis revealed that when teachers implement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction
Inference Types in Instructional Materials for Elementary Students
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Morrison, Timothy G.; Wilcox, Brad; Bird, Lauren; Murdoch, Erica; Bursey, Hannah; Helvey, McKenzie – Reading Psychology, 2020
The Common Core has emphasized reading for comprehension, including making inferences. However, little is known about the instructional materials included in core literacy programs for teaching inferences. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of background, anaphoric, predictive, and retrospective inferences in instructional…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Reading Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Accuracy, Miscues, and the Comprehension of Complex Literary and Scientific Texts
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Kucer, Stephen B. – Reading Psychology, 2016
This research explores the impact of accuracy and meaning maintaining miscues on the comprehension of complex texts. The issue is explored through fourth graders' readings and retellings. Two types of reading behaviors are examined: (a) portions of text read with no miscues, and (b) portions of text read with meaning-maintaining miscues. Findings…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Miscue Analysis, Scientific Literacy, Reading Comprehension
Instruction of Research-Based Comprehension Strategies in Basal Reading Programs
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Pilonieta, Paola – Reading Psychology, 2010
Research supports using research-based comprehension strategies; however, comprehension strategy instruction is not highly visible in basal reading programs or classroom instruction, resulting in many students who struggle with comprehension. A content analysis examined which research-based comprehension strategies were presented in five…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Basal Reading, Reading Programs, Content Analysis