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Gentilini, Lara M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Reading interest is a significant predictor of reading achievement, with effects on both reading comprehension and vocabulary. We measured students' interest in reading as an estimate of duration of observable reading using whole intervals of silent-reading time. In Experiment 1, we assessed associations among interest in reading (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Reinforcement, Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement
Chastity Griffin Baccus – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Black boys in grades third through fifth are not developing reading comprehension skills compared to their peers in an urban southeastern school district. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore perceptions of third through fifth grade reading teachers on reading comprehension of Black boys in this district. The conceptual…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Males, African American Students
Caloia, Rachel A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Four case studies informed by phenomenology were conducted using classroom observations and interviews with children, parents, and teachers to explore how children experienced the phenomenon of learning to read in one first-grade classroom defined by RTI policy. Charmaz's (2006) grounded coding model involving initial, focused, and theoretical…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Student Experience