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Scott K. Baker; Patrick C. Kennedy; Dean Richards; Nancy J. Nelson; Hank Fien; Christian T. Doabler – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
More than two-thirds of middle school students do not read proficiently. Research has shown that targeted interventions using explicit instruction methods can improve reading outcomes for struggling readers. A central feature of explicit instruction is the systematic implementation of instructional interactions, but it is not clear what specific…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Reading Instruction, Intervention, Direct Instruction
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Katemba, Caroline V.; Samuel – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2017
This research is entitled "Effectiveness of Utilizing Jigsaw 1 towards Improving Students' Reading Comprehension Ability." Experimental design was used in this study. The participants of this study were two classes of grade 8 of junior high school in Parongpong, Bandung, Indonesia ; each class consisted of 32 participants in grade 8A as…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Teaching Methods
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Mokodompit, Prisilia L.; Simanjuntak, Debora Chaterin – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2016
This study attempts to find significance difference in enhancing students' reading comprehension ability by comparing two teaching methods: Numbered Heads Together (NHT) and Think-PairShare (TPS). In this study, the respondents were students of Grade VIII from SMP Advent II, Setia Budi and students of Grade VIII from SMPN 1, parongpong. After…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning
Guzniczak, Lizabeth A. – ProQuest LLC, 2007
The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the effects of strategy instruction on lower and higher-level learning in the hypertext format of a WebQuest. The SQ3R and Classification/Categorization study strategies were used to investigate the effects of comprehension in a recall and essay task. Two hundred fifty-four eighth-grade…
Descriptors: United States History, Grade 8, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies