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Faculty Perceptions of Reading Consultants and a Teacher-Led Professional Learning Community for Upper Elementary Reading Workshop Teachers
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Roshni K. Shah – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this Action Research study was to investigate the curricula used by Readers' Workshop teachers at an independent day school and the successes and barriers of having an external reading consultant provided by the program. The study compared the relationship between an external reading consultant with the desire of an in-house…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Consultants, Faculty Development
Intermediate Teachers' Perceptions of Reading Instruction Strategies and Professional Development Needs
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Joyner, Barbara – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 1 urban Tennessee school, students in Grades 3 through 5 had not met adequate yearly progress in reading for the past 5 years. The purpose of this case study was to explore teachers' perceptions of current district-recommended teaching practice in reading. The research questions related to current instructional strategies, teaching practices,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies
An Exploration of Comprehension Instruction in Content-Area Elementary Classes
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King, Lashae Denise – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Scores on national and international tests for students in the United States indicated that students are not performing proficiently in reading. Furthermore, students are not able to comprehend complex reading tasks, which resulted in an adolescent literacy crisis (NGA & CCSO, 2010). In this collective case study, I explored ways four fifth…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Reading Instruction, Content Area Reading