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Direct linkHoward David Alpert – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Students are not learning to read well in California public schools. This is particularly true for students in special education. If more of California's students in special education are to demonstrate literacy skills to state and national standards, it will require more of their teachers teaching those skills. With the plurality of California…
Descriptors: State Universities, Special Education, Teachers, Teacher Qualifications
Kennedy, Christopher S. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Recent trends in teacher preparation have been toward a clinical model that provides teacher candidates with more authentic classroom experiences that are connected with methods courses. One type of clinical model that is on the rise is known as a professional development school (PDS). PDS structures are formal arrangements between P-12 schools…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Partnerships in Education
Azar, Nawal – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation examined the effects of the inferencing reading strategy using a emotionally charged instruction for students from countries who do not speak English as their first language. A quasi-experimental study applying quantitative research methods to collect data from the two sections of Level four Reading classes during a ten week…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Improvement, Reading Comprehension, Adult Students
Reid, Alan J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A societal shift from print-based to digital texts has afforded the ability to embed reader support within an instructional text. Numerous factors make eBooks an attractive option for colleges and universities, though undergraduates consistently reaffirm a preference for print-based materials. Given that many undergraduates arrive to college with…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Undergraduate Students
Wheeler, Kimberly W. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This quasi-experimental pretest, posttest nonequivalent control group study investigated the comprehension scores and motivation levels of post-secondary remedial reading students in a two-year technical college in Northwest Georgia using an eBook, an eBook with audio, and a print book. After reading a module on Purpose and Tone in the three book…
Descriptors: Books, Electronic Publishing, Audio Books, Reading Comprehension
Buckley, Shellie Calhoun – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Methods and teaching tools have been researched to determine if they prove to be successful in effectively teaching the underprepared. This study was conducted to compare the differences in the utilization of alternative labeling on study guides to determine if the usage affects the outcome on participant's test scores. A quasi-experimental design…
Descriptors: Study Guides, Reading, Reading Improvement, Developmental Programs
