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Direct linkJeremiah Walker – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Underdeveloped reading skills can have major implications in students' adult lives, and virtual students' reading comprehension has been steadily declining. This qualitative study explored virtual high school English teachers' perceptions of graphic novels as supplemental tools for improving students' reading comprehension. Through a multiple case…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Supplementary Reading Materials, Cartoons
Washington, Chelle – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of using guided reading instruction to increase overall reading achievement in elementary students over the course of three months. Twenty Kindergarten students with varying reading achievement from a Title I school in Georgia were examined in the study. Students were divided into five groups…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Small Group Instruction
Cater, Roshelle – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this research project was designed to test the hypothesis that students taking part in this study would increase their reading comprehension and reading fluency skills by taking part in the Daily 5 Model and The CAFÉ System during the literacy block. The researcher sought to answer the question, "What impact do The Daily 5…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Reading Fluency, Accuracy
Wheeler, Kimberly W. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This quasi-experimental pretest, posttest nonequivalent control group study investigated the comprehension scores and motivation levels of post-secondary remedial reading students in a two-year technical college in Northwest Georgia using an eBook, an eBook with audio, and a print book. After reading a module on Purpose and Tone in the three book…
Descriptors: Books, Electronic Publishing, Audio Books, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSchwanenflugel, Paula J.; Kuhn, Melanie R.; Morris, Robin D.; Morrow, Lesley Mandel; Meisinger, Elizabeth B.; Woo, Deborah Gee; Quirk, Matthew; Sevcik, Rose – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2009
The purpose of the study was to examine short- and long-term effects of two instructional approaches designed to improve the reading fluency of second-grade children: Fluency-Oriented Reading Instruction (or FORI; Stahl & Heubach, 2005) and a wide reading approach (Kuhn et al., 2006). By the end of second grade, children in the wide reading…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Grade 2, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Brooks, Kristina L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Because children living in poverty and minorities consistently demonstrate persistent reading difficulties (Adams, 1990), Congress intervened and passed the No Child Left Behind Act (U.S. Department of Education, 2006) mandating that scientifically based reading research be implemented in the primary grades. Quantitative studies presented in the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Federal Legislation, Reading Skills, Reading Research
Angeletti, Sara R. – 1990
A study examined the effects of instruction in meaningful units on the comprehension and fluency of poor readers in the fourth grade. Subjects were five fourth-grade students in a northeast Georgia school classified as poor readers. Method of instruction included modeling smooth reading with appropriate junctures and good intonation. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
