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Tabitha Bendel – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The ability to read, the single most important skill students need for learning, has been on the decline across the nation while student interest in books has also waned. Yet, despite the flagging interest in, and proficiency with, reading, English Language Arts (ELA) instruction has remained largely unchanged especially in grades 6-12. The…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Reading Attitudes, Recreational Reading
Woo, Preston – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Reading is and continues to be on the decline in the U.S. Perhaps more startling to consider is the impact that low reading motivation levels may have on the persistent achievement gaps that pervade Black and Hispanic minorities. This research study aimed to elucidate the intersection of these two points and the implications of introducing choice…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Reading Interests, Reading Material Selection, Reading Attitudes
Johnson, Rebecca Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This research explored ways in which educators can provide learners with differentiated instruction through student choice that provides engagement to positively interact with a student's reading identity. Throughout their learning journey, learners may have both positive and negative experiences with reading that directly affect their reading…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Reading
Gentilini, Lara M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Reading interest is a significant predictor of reading achievement, with effects on both reading comprehension and vocabulary. We measured students' interest in reading as an estimate of duration of observable reading using whole intervals of silent-reading time. In Experiment 1, we assessed associations among interest in reading (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Reinforcement, Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement
Joshua C. Bennett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Extant research indicates culturally relevant literature (CRL) is linked to increased reading comprehension and interest in reading for Latinx students as well as other student groups. Current research also shows CRL can support home literacy instruction, facilitate writing instruction, foster sociopolitical awareness, underpin behavior…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Relevance, Scoring Rubrics, Literature
Chastity Griffin Baccus – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Black boys in grades third through fifth are not developing reading comprehension skills compared to their peers in an urban southeastern school district. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore perceptions of third through fifth grade reading teachers on reading comprehension of Black boys in this district. The conceptual…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Males, African American Students
Deibler, Matthew Edwin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the motivation and amotivation to read of 9th-12th grade adolescents in a large semi-urban high school in southwestern North Carolina. The principal theory guiding this study is Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 1991, 1994, 2000) as it explicates three universal human needs…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, High School Students, Self Determination, Reading Motivation
Ross, Rachael L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Reading aloud is a common classroom practice that has many cognitive and affective benefits for students. Early childhood teachers conduct read-aloud events in classrooms across the country on a daily basis. A read-aloud event could not occur without the intentional selection of a book. This exploratory, sequential mixed method study explored the…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Mixed Methods Research
Smith, Lauren M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This intervention mixed methods study used a quasi-experimental design to investigate the effects of an after-school book club on third-grade boys' reading achievement, attitudes, and preferences. During the 2015-2016 school year, seven third-grade boys from a South Texas elementary school attended an after-school book club in their school library…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Books, Clubs, After School Education
Rodgers, Jennifer E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Developmental courses are offered at most two year and four year colleges and universities in order to meet the instructional needs of students who have shown skill deficiencies based upon test scores in the areas of reading, English, or mathematics. The purpose of developmental reading courses at the postsecondary level is to increase students'…
Descriptors: Remedial Reading, Recreational Reading, Reading Programs, Community Colleges
Diaz, Delia – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Most adult English Language Learners (ELLs) in the United States struggle with the basics of English literacy and reading comprehension. The lack of metacognitive awareness during reading prevents ELL students from engaging actively in the learning process. The CALLA method was used as a conceptual framework for explicit instruction. The problem…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Teaching Methods
Tacy, Cheryl Melissa – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative grounded theory study was to discover the impact on adolescent reading motivation as students were given an opportunity to select recreational reading material and read consistently during class time. This study also explored the motivational impact of student engagement from dialogue with peers about their reading…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Adolescents, Qualitative Research, Reading Instruction
Pratt, Amy Susan – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation portfolio is comprised of three first-authored pieces of writing that investigate the oral language and emergent literacy development of Spanish-speaking children with specific language impairment (SLI). Each piece features a unique but complementary aim. The first study investigates group differences on a battery of emergent…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Spanish Speaking, Preschool Children, Language Impairments
Caloia, Rachel A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Four case studies informed by phenomenology were conducted using classroom observations and interviews with children, parents, and teachers to explore how children experienced the phenomenon of learning to read in one first-grade classroom defined by RTI policy. Charmaz's (2006) grounded coding model involving initial, focused, and theoretical…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Student Experience
Matis, Karen Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Students' initial eagerness and excitement for learning to read are evident when they enter primary grades. Their levels of enthusiasm for reading diminish through elementary (Eccles, Wigfield, Harold, & Blumenfeld, 1993; Mazzoni, Gambell, & Koreamaki, 1999) and middle school (McKenna & Kearn, 1990; Oldfather & McLaughlin, 1993)…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Reading Interests, Student Interests, Grade 9
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