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Direct linkBender, Amy A. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2018
The present study examined how 20 sixth-grade students made meaning while reading graphic novels. Participants completed multiple tasks during a 6-week period. Data sources comprised 1 reading survey, 2 teacher-student conferences, 5 small-group discussions, 1 visual stopping points assignment, and multiple journal entries. Grounded theory methods…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle School Students, Cartoons, Novels
Klash, Erin Faulkenberry – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Instructional strategies are important components for facilitating active engagement in reading text. This comparative case study sought to determine what instructional strategies three sixth-grade science teachers used, and how these teachers planned for, used, and scaffolded the instructional strategies in their classrooms to facilitate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 6, Science Teachers, Planning
Download full textBoudah, Daniel J. – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2018
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data have indicated that many secondary students lack sufficient literacy skills, and that students who receive free/reduced lunch, students from rural settings, and students with disabilities are particularly low-performing (National Center for Education Statistics, 2015). Despite some…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Intervention, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities
Carter, Donnella Canty – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative study was twofold. First, the researcher identified researched-based strategies which improve reading comprehension and literacy in adolescent students. Second, the researcher determined if particular factors influenced teacher use of identified strategies. One hundred seventy-seven teachers who taught sixth…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literacy, Reading Instruction
Brinda, Wayne – Middle School Journal (J1), 2011
Many students struggle with reading as they transition from the elementary to the middle grades and the literature becomes more complex. Many students may also have personal experiences that interfere with them seeing any importance, value, or enjoyment in reading literature, especially books assigned in school. As a result, "struggling readers…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Grade 6, Reading Instruction, Reading Attitudes
Atwood, Bonny L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This grounded theory study examined the perceived effects of a cohort of seven secondary-level teachers earning a reading endorsement in a single-district sponsored professional development program. The researcher collected data through semi-structured personal interviews with the teachers, their principal, and the director of special services for…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Grade 6, Reading Strategies, Secondary School Teachers
