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Direct linkBradbury, Leslie U. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature published during the last 20 years that investigates the impact of approaches that describe themselves as integrating science and language arts on student learning and/or attitude at the elementary level. The majority of papers report that integrated approaches led to greater student…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Language Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
Trudel, Heidi – Reading Teacher, 2007
Due in part to conflicting opinions and research results, the practice of sustained silent reading (SSR) in schools has been questioned. After a frustrating experience with SSR, the author of this article began a data-driven decision-making process to gain new insights on how to structure silent reading in a classroom, including a comparison…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Sustained Silent Reading, Student Attitudes, Independent Reading
Download full textAnderson, Linda M.; And Others – 1984
The responses of first-grade students to seatwork assignments were studied through detailed narrative records, copies of seatwork performance, and informal conversations with the students about their work. Two distinct groups of students were identified for comparisons: those whose responses to seatwork were frequently poor (low attention and low…
Descriptors: Attention, Expectation, Grade 1, High Achievement
Pflaum, Susanna W.; Bishop, Penny A. – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2004
This article presents the results of qualitative research into how middle school students experience school reading. Students from grades 4 through 8 from four different schools were asked individually to draw and then to talk about specific times of their choice when they were and were not engaged in learning. The combined method of drawing and…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Middle School Students, Reading Comprehension
Lee, Sy-ying – Language Learning, 2005
This study presents and tests a hypothesized structural model that attempts to explain the relationship of writing in English as a foreign language by Taiwanese university students to a variety of factors. Investigated were factors considered to be inhibiting (writing apprehension and writer's block), factors considered to be facilitative (free…
Descriptors: Writing Apprehension, English (Second Language), Writing (Composition), Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedWeller, L. David; Weller, Sylvia J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1999
POWER (Providing Opportunities with Everyday Reading), stressing reading in the content areas, is a program for high schoolers driven by continuous improvement and teamwork. Improved test scores and enhanced attitudes toward reading result from high teacher commitment and sustained interest achieved through this teacher-led program's design. (MLH)
Descriptors: Consultants, Content Area Reading, Independent Reading, Program Effectiveness
