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Direct linkBurgos, Francisco – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study, which involved classroom-based experimental research conducted during the Fall semester of 2013 in a Spanish class at Oakwood University, aimed at extending the findings of previous studies on the use of familiar texts in reading and writing (Brown 2007, Vygotsky 1978, Kern 2000, Rollins & Villamil 2001, McCourt 2006, Morris, Beck…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Reading Skills, Writing Skills
Faulk, Stephen L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Reading is an essential skill in education and the current technologically-driven workforce, yet it is a skill that is not mastered by all. Secondary students in a school district in central Alabama have demonstrated a low mastery rate on the reading portion of a standardized test. This quantitative research study used a non-experimental…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Reading Skills
Rutledge, Erika L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 raised awareness of the educational quality gap between European Americans and minorities, especially in reading. This gap underscores the importance that students master basic reading skills in order to achieve higher levels of reading proficiency. The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental study was…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Correlation, Parent Participation
Hardy, Susie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The National Reading Panel has identified 5 essential components of reading instruction, all of which are needed to achieve the complex skill of reading, one of which is oral reading fluency (ORF). The Alabama Reading Initiative endorses teaching a scientifically research-based reading program to fidelity to raise ORF scores. In a rural Alabama…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Reading Instruction, Small Group Instruction, Reading Fluency
Jernigan, John Orr – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the behavioral and demographic characteristics of deaf males enrolled at state school for the Deaf. An analysis of student, family, and educational variables was conducted in order to provide a composite description of both the type and frequency of the offenses and of the offender. Participants were 90…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Student Behavior, Males, Information Systems
