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Kathleen Foster House – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to provide data about the effects of early literacy instructional methods on later elementary reading performance. This study compared students who were introduced to reading through a synthetic phonics approach in contrast to students who were introduced to reading through an analytic phonics approach. Quantitative…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Private Schools, Phonics, Teaching Methods
Olson, Collin S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Gestures and other bodily movements are frequently used as instructional strategies in second language classrooms. Research has demonstrated that gestures are an effective strategy to improve L2 vocabulary recall. However, previous studies have only used vocabulary items that are known to participants in their native languages. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Nonverbal Communication
LaVigne-Jones, Deon – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite ongoing efforts to reform schools, the longstanding racial/ethnic achievement gap still persists, particularly for boys of color; in many cases, the gap is widening, particularly for students transitioning from elementary to middle school. The focus of this study was to examine the impact of effective instructional practices for struggling…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Gonzalez, Gary Humberto – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Poor college readiness is a persistent challenge today in the United States that may be overcome in part with the help of a learning model from the past. The purpose and of this quantitative comparative study focused on determining if a statistically significant difference existed in the 2018 SAT Total, Mathematics and Evidenced-Based Reading and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Classical Literature, Classical Languages, Liberal Arts
Betty Alicia Cárdenas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study employs an exploratory descriptive quantitative statistics design. District-level results in the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) are explored to describe the achievement gaps that exist in districts implementing Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) programs and districts implementing Dual Language (DL)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Transitional Programs
Channon, Emily – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study was designed to examine the effects of grade level retention on students' reading achievement, based on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR). Three research questions guided the study. Did students who were retained in kindergarten, first, or second grade reach academic success on 5th grade reading STAAR? Did…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, Reading Tests
Takshak Desai – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Reading comprehension can be analyzed from three points of view: Semantics, Assessment, and Cognition. Here, Semantics refers to the task of identifying discourse relations in text. Assessment involves utilizing these relations to obtain meaningful question-answer pairs. Cognition means categorizing questions according to their difficulty or…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Semantics, Questioning Techniques, Language Processing
Votke, Megan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of the current research is to determine the effect of changing the English Language Art curriculum on the reading growth of fourth-grade students who attended a public school district located in a suburban community in the Northeastern part of the United States. This ex-post facto study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Ketevan Chachkhiani – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Autonomy is often discussed as a necessary condition for professionalism in any field, including the teaching profession. In the educational context, autonomy is seen to be critical for teachers to be able to synthesize their knowledge and skills and translate them into effective classroom practices in the best interest of their students. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Professional Autonomy, Foreign Countries
Teresa L. Woodard – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This ex post facto, quasi-experimental quantitative study investigated the impact of the implementation of student voice conferences on reading assessment scores and equitable differentiated instructional tasks designed for a productive struggle during teacher lesson planning. Six teachers and 132 students from one suburban elementary school…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Suburban Schools, Low Income
Kaczor, Crystal Diana – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine the extent to which text condition influences reading comprehension of life science text for 72 4th grade students and to understand their meaning making of each text condition. A three-paragraph passage on the circulatory system was presented in three different diagram types/conditions. All…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Reading Comprehension, Biological Sciences
Angela Christy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem addressed in this quantitative ex-post facto study was that African American, Latino, and Native American students have lower reading fluency than Caucasian counterparts. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent incorporating more literature written by African American, Latino, and Native American authors had on the…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Adolescent Literature, College Entrance Examinations, Reading Tests
Calvin, Kristie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this single case design study was to examine the efficacy of a graphic organizer for improving the reading comprehension of middle school Spanish-English bilingual middle school students with learning disabilities. Students included two females and one male student. Using a multiple baseline across participants design, students were…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Brizill, Nicole Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Due to barriers to kindergarten readiness, many kindergarten students do not enter kindergarten with the prerequisite skills needed for reading. A number of students do not leave kindergarten with adequate reading skills needed for future success. As a result, students are ill-prepared for first grade and are at risk for future reading failure.…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, School Readiness, Reading Skills
Keicha Owens – ProQuest LLC, 2021
At a Title I School located in Central Georgia, 91% of the student population is performing below grade level. Lexia-Core 5 is a reading software program purchased by a Central Georgia school district to help students improve in reading. The purpose of this quantitative descriptive and causal-comparative study was to examine the impact of the…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Outcomes of Education, Intervention, Disadvantaged Schools