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Direct linkAccurso, Kathryn; Gebhard, Meg – Language and Education, 2021
This literature review analyzes the influences of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) in U.S. teacher education from 2000 to 2019. First, we describe how SFL has been contextualized in United States in response to changing demographics, new technologies, policies, and the impacts of globalization. Second, we outline our methodology, which…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Literacy Education, Teacher Education Programs, Trend Analysis
Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Connor, Carol McDonald; Crowe, Elizabeth – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Research to guide text structure interventions for the primary grades is very limited, yet as early as in kindergarten, many state standards increasingly emphasize exposure to challenging expository texts. The purpose of the present study was to provide preliminary evidence of the feasibility and promise (or the effects) of three brief text…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Kletzien, Sharon B.; Dreher, Mariam Jean – Reading Psychology, 2017
Teachers can use expository texts to teach academic vocabulary, content knowledge, text structure, and text features. National associations' recommended book lists are often used to identify books for classrooms. Previously we identified expository texts on these lists from 2001-2002 and 2011-2012. The current study explored instructional…
Descriptors: Reading Lists, Books, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Fitzgerald, Jill; Elmore, Jeff; Koons, Heather; Hiebert, Elfrieda H.; Bowen, Kimberly; Sanford-Moore, Eleanor E.; Stenner, A. Jackson – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
The Common Core set a standard for all children to read increasingly complex texts throughout schooling. The purpose of the present study was to explore text characteristics specifically in relation to early-grades text complexity. Three hundred fifty primary-grades texts were selected and digitized. Twenty-two text characteristics were identified…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Difficulty Level, Instructional Material Evaluation, Primary Education
Gámez, Perla B.; González, Dahlia; Urbin, LaNette M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2017
This study examined the relation between exposure to shared book reading and Spanish-speaking English learners' (ELs'; n = 102) narrative production and comprehension skills in kindergarten (mean age = 6.12 years). Audio- and videotaped book-reading sessions in Spanish were coded in terms of teachers' extratextual talk and gestures. Using a silent…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Kindergarten, Books
Hayes, Latisha L.; Robnolt, Valerie J. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2007
The purpose of this article is to describe the professional development plan for an elementary school receiving federal funding through the Reading Excellence Act (REA). The Reading Excellence Act provided the school with a two-year plan for literacy improvement. During the first year of the grant, assessment-driven instruction and flexible…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Elementary School Teachers, Grants, Reading Fluency
