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Download full textHewitt, Colleen; And Others – 1996
A study examined a program for implementing a reader's workshop to improve low reading skills. Subjects were first-, second-, and third-grade students in a suburb of a large midwestern city. The problem of low reading skills was observed and documented in grade 1 through a sight word assessment and a 3-part writing assessment which included a…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Decoding (Reading), Primary Education
Woods, Mary Lynn; Moe, Alden J. – 1995
This book presents three narrative forms and two expository forms of an analytical reading inventory (ARI) that evaluates the processing strategies readers use as they read. Designed to be used as an individual analysis, the ARI presented in the book can help identify the reader's general level of word recognition; word recognition strengths and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Informal Reading Inventories
Nagan, Carole – 1994
A study examined the effectiveness of an immersion-in-literacy program in a first-grade classroom. Six of the 22 students (all six were boys) indicated on a reading attitude survey that they did not like to read books. The classroom teacher set up her classroom so that it fostered literacy development. Some of the experiences and activities she…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Environment, Cross Age Teaching, Grade 1
Fronius, Sandra K. – 1993
The purpose of this study was to determine the reading interests of the young adult participants in the summer reading program at Medina County District Library (Ohio). Findings were compared to research done in other locations and to current bibliographies of recommended reading for young adults. The study looked at a systematic sample of reader…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Authors, Library Services
Elmquist, Elizabeth – 1987
A practicum was implemented to improve the sight-word vocabulary and attitudes toward reading among 22 second-grade students reading below grade level. The program took approximately 45 minutes a day, 2 days a week. The language experience approach was used in conjunction with word processors. The different types of activities included dictated…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 2, Language Experience Approach
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1987
This paper, the fifth of seven, part of an interdisciplinary project on the context of reading and reading research that explores similarities and dissimilarities in the response to literature in readers from different cultures, describes the methods used for the construction of a questionnaire for readers' social, educational, financial, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
Scales, Alice M.; Zikri, Lawrence B. – 1986
Investigating the reading habits of adults in Egypt, East Africa, a study examined 294 Egyptians (233 males and 61 females) in post-secondary education in Cairo, and in the industrial cities of Shopra El-Khema, and Impapa, El-Giza. Marital status, sex, and occupation were used to group the subjects. Subjects completed a 29-item questionnaire…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Blue Collar Occupations, Developing Nations, Females
Nachman, Leah B. – 1987
This practicum was designed to improve reading comprehension of intermediate grade children attending compensatory education classes in a Florida elementary school. It involved 11 students in grades 2 through 5 who were low achievers in reading and/or math. It was designed to improve reading comprehension by providing training using six specific…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Scott, Louise Shewfelt – 1999
This report discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated whether the Accelerated Reader program meets its claim to motivate and improve reading achievement for all students, including those with special needs. The Accelerated Reader program is a computer-based reading management system that includes a database of thousands of books ranging…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Blaisdell, Pat; De Young, Jennifer; Hutchinson, Sandy; Pedersen, Susan – 1999
This report describes a program encouraging students to choose reading as a recreational activity. The targeted population consisted of first, second, third, and fourth grade students in a growing middle class community, near a large Midwestern city. The problem of students choosing recreational activities other than reading was documented through…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Participation
Casey, Jean M. – 1992
A study investigated the effectiveness of an adapted Writing to Read (WTR) program that focused on the writing process and included the "Stories and More" software for literature-based emphasis. Over 1000 writing portfolio samples were collected from kindergarten through second grade students in 29 classrooms in 6 California school…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Kaminsky, Debra E. – 1993
This practicum was designed to address the need for the intermediate and upper grade level English as a Second Language (ESL) students to become independent learners in the literacy process. The subjects, 13 boys and 3 girls from Pakistan, Philippines, Jordan, Israel, Korea, Turkey, and Thailand were dependent on the teacher when they had…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Warncke, Edna; Powell, Janet – 1990
A study gathered information concerning the reading habits and attitudes of three groups of educators: 249 preservice teachers, 89 inservice teachers, and 65 teacher educators. A self-reported survey questionnaire was used to gather the data. When asked whether they enjoy reading, 89% of the preservice, 100% of the inservice, and 92% of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Reading Attitudes
Allerup, Peter – 1985
Approximately 1200 Danish school children aged 8, 11, and 14 participated in a questionnaire study under the caption, "Why I like to read." Data from Denmark formed part of an international study, in which 12 other countries used the same questionnaire to explore various functions of reading and to compare them over different countries.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Education, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Redelheim, Paul S. – 1975
The Children's Attitude toward Reading Test (CHART) is presented, as well as the first draft of a technical manual describing its use. The test booklet consists of 36 unsystematically ordered pictures. Each picture represents a reading situation (instructional, school recreational, home recreational, and outdoor recreational reading) that has…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Directed Reading Activity, Grade 1, Grade 2
