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Price-Dennis, Detra; Holmes, Kathlene; Smith, Emily E. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2016
This article examines classroom practices that draw upon students' understandings of race and equity as they engage in critical literature inquiry to explore issues of power in our society. Our research team, comprising a fifth-grade classroom teacher, a doctoral candidate, and a university professor, analyzed students' written and digital…
Descriptors: Race, Inquiry, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Rasinski, Timothy V. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1988
The purpose of this study was to determine if differences in the ability to prioritize information located in texts exists for 75 third- and 62 fifth-grade students of various reading achievement levels. Results are discussed, and implications for instruction are considered. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Samione, Jami M. – 2000
A study examined whether students' reading ability affected their level of aesthetic reading response when reading level-appropriate literature. During the study, 28 fifth graders read books and wrote responses to what they read. Responses were scored on a rubric valuing aesthetic responses that demonstrated personal experiences. Students' reading…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Parent Attitudes
Langer, Judith A.; And Others – 1988
To investigate how Mexican-American students constructed meaning from English texts when engaged in reading and writing activities, a study examined 12 fifth grade Mexican-American students who lived in a "barrio" with literacy in both Spanish and English. The aim was to tap the envisionments (text interpretations or understandings, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Mexican Americans