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van den Broek, Paul; Espin, Christine A. – School Psychology Review, 2012
The ability to read and comprehend texts is an essential component of successful functioning in our world. A substantial amount of information comes to us through written means, whether it is through regular print, Internet, or other media. Part of this information is for our enjoyment, part of it is vital for our basic functioning--application…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Reading Comprehension, Epistemology, Reading Ability
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van der Laan, J. M. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2012
This essay considers the analysis Jacques Ellul carried out about the devaluation of language. This investigation also explores the consequences of that devaluation (or humiliation as Ellul called it) wrought by our orientation to technology. Our existence in technology transforms language and our use of it, shifting emphasis as well to the visual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Technology, Visual Stimuli, Language
Hirsch, E. D., Jr.; Pondiscio, Robert – American Educator, 2011
For millions of American schoolchildren, taking a test for which they are completely unprepared is like a nightmare from which they cannot wake. It is a trial visited upon them each year when the law requires them to take reading tests with little preparation. Formally preparing for reading tests has become more than just a ritual for schools. It…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Reading Ability
Hirsch, E. D., Jr. – American Educator, 2011
Most of today's reading programs rest on faulty ideas about reading comprehension. The author argues that comprehension is not a general skill; it relies on having relevant vocabulary and knowledge. He explains the need for a fact-filled, knowledge-building curriculum. He suggests that states should adopt a common core curriculum that builds…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Core Curriculum, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement
Koda, Keiko – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
This response was constructed based on the author's experience as a language program coordinator and her expertise in second language (L2) reading development. Because "transcultural competence," as defined in the MLA Report (2007), shares much of its underlying capacities with "reading ability," in principle, reading instruction could play a…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Language Acquisition, Competence
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Hosp, John L.; Suchey, Nicole – School Psychology Review, 2014
Over the past few decades, reading assessment has been pushed to the forefront of the national discussion about education. The most recent reauthorizations of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1994, 2001) made assessment a priority as administrators and teachers are attempting to meet increasing accountability standards, but measuring…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Reading Ability
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Gleason, Carrie – Knowledge Quest, 2011
In the past few years, there has been increasing demand from school librarians for books for "reluctant readers"--despite the impressive offering of children's literature published each year and the success of blockbuster series like "Harry Potter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Twilight," and "Hunger Games," among others. This is also in addition to all…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature, Reading Ability, Librarians
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Woollams, Anna M.; Lambon Ralph, Matthew A.; Plaut, David C.; Patterson, Karalyn – Psychological Review, 2010
The connectionist triangle model of reading aloud proposes that semantic activation of phonology is particularly important for correct pronunciation of low-frequency exception words. Our consideration of this issue (Woollams, Lambon Ralph, Plaut, & Patterson, 2007) (see record 2007-05396-004) reported computational simulations demonstrating that…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Phonology, Semantics, Dementia
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Sumara, Dennis; Luce-Kapler, Rebecca; Iftody, Tammy – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2008
In this essay, the authors describe human consciousness as an embodied experience that emerges from a complex relationship of the biological and the phenomenological. Following arguments made by Lodge (2002) and Donald (2001), they argue that one primary way that human beings develop self-awareness of their own minds is by becoming aware of other…
Descriptors: Biology, Reading Ability, Schemata (Cognition), Metacognition
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Waite, Stacey – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2007
In this article, the author discusses action literacy, and suggests that identifying literacy as political, ideological, and connected to power structures and abuses of power is not enough for a proponent of active literacy and critical pedagogy. Action literacy is a literacy of positionality that highlights the importance of movement and flux. It…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Politics, Reading Ability, Functional Literacy
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Reedy, Jeremiah – Academic Questions, 2007
An article by Lois Roman, which appeared in the December 25, 2005 issue of the "Washington Post" under the title "Literacy of College Graduates Is on Decline: Survey's Finding of a Drop in Reading Proficiency Is Inexplicable," gives the results of a study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. According to the story "Only 31…
Descriptors: Cultural Literacy, College Graduates, Reading Ability, Communication Skills
Hirsch, E. D., Jr. – WestEd, 2008
"Policy Perspectives" presents visiting authors' own views and/or research on issues relevant to schools and communities nationwide. The idea that reading skill is largely a set of general-purpose maneuvers that can be applied to any and all texts is one of the main barriers to our children's overall low achievement in reading, argues…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Federal Legislation, Educational Philosophy, Low Achievement
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Protopapas, Athanassios; Archonti, Anastasia; Skaloumbakas, Christos – Cognitive Psychology, 2007
Stroop interference is often taken as evidence for reading automaticity even though young and poor readers, who presumably lack reading automaticity, present strong interference. Here the relationship between reading skills and Stroop interference was studied in a 7th-grade sample. Greater interference was observed in children diagnosed with…
Descriptors: Psychology, Language Skills, Word Processing, Reading Ability
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Palumbo, Anthony; Loiacono, Vito – International Journal of Special Education, 2009
Special education teachers working in intermediate grades and in middle school grades face many challenges as they teach both developmental reading skills and subject matter material. Not only must they deal with the increased vocabulary and domain demands of teaching informational text, they must also handle the needs of students who have not yet…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Special Education Teachers, Intermediate Grades, Middle School Teachers
Gow, Peter – Teacher Magazine, 2006
Experts from the White House to the Ivory Tower agree--and real teachers of real children concur--that reading is the most important skill young students must acquire. Whether they learn through whole language or phonics, children must leave the elementary grades competent in the art of decoding written text in their native language. Even…
Descriptors: Reading, Grade 4, Reading Ability, Sociocultural Patterns
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