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Reading Collaborative Reading Partnerships in a School Community
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Watkins, Victoria – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2020
This article is an investigation into the Reading Partners scheme at a large inner London comprehensive school in England; this research comes from a small scale study I carried out as part of my Masters of Teaching at the Institute of Education, University College London. Reading Partners is a project whereby younger and older students within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading, Cooperative Learning, High Schools
An Investigation of Literacy Practices in High School Science Classrooms
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Wexler, Jade; Mitchell, Marisa A.; Clancy, Erin E.; Silverman, Rebecca D. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
This study reports findings from an exploration of the literacy practices of 10 high school science teachers. Based on observations of teachers' instruction, we report teachers' use of text, evidence-based vocabulary and comprehension practices, and grouping practices. Based on interviews with teachers, we also report teachers' perceptions…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Literacy, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
A Test of the Relationship between Reading Ability & Standardized Biology Assessment Scores
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Allen, Denise A. – American Biology Teacher, 2014
Little empirical evidence suggested that independent reading abilities of students enrolled in biology predicted their performance on the Biology I Graduation End-of-Course Assessment (ECA). An archival study was conducted at one Indiana urban public high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, by examining existing educational assessment data to test…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Ability, Standardized Tests, Scores
Students' Cognitive Reasoning of Graphs: Characteristics and Progression
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Wang, Zu Hao; Wei, Silin; Ding, Wei; Chen, Xiuyun; Wang, Xiaonan; Hu, Kaiyan – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
Graphs are widely used to present scientific information. Information presented in graphs can be classified into three kinds: explicit information, tacit information, and conclusive information. Reading information from graphs requires not only science content knowledge and understanding but also general logical reasoning. This study examined the…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Education, Foreign Countries, Graphs
Nouns in History: Packaging Information, Expanding Explanations, and Structuring Reasoning
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de Oliveira, Luciana C. – History Teacher, 2010
The ability to read is well-recognized as essential to being successful in school history. To be able to read history textbooks effectively, students can be made aware of some features typical of history discourse. Knowledge of how nominal groups are functional in history discourse can help students and teachers engage with the meanings presented…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Textbooks
Old Texts and Opera--Inciting Students to Read
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Senyshyn, Yaroslav – Educational Leadership, 2005
Eleventh grade English class "special students" with a fourth or fifth grade level of reading ability are won over by an enterprising teacher reading stories by Boccaccio, Chaucer and Shakespeare and introducing them to opera. The so called difficult kids often have more aptitude and talent than given credit for by shortsighted teachers and…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Opera, Reading Ability, Special Education