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Pletcher, Bethanie; Christensen, Rosalynn – Reading Horizons, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to explore the teacher/student reading conferences in two first grade teachers' classrooms in one primary school. Sixteen one-to-one reading conferences were recorded and transcribed over a two-month period and coded for content as related to the CAFÉ (Boushey & Moser, 2009) model of…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Reading Instruction, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
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Willson, Angeli; Falcon, Lori; Martinez, Miriam – Reading Horizons, 2014
This qualitative research study explored second graders' use of visual information to understand characters in picturebooks. Students participated in whole class read-alouds of three picturebooks. Immediately following each read-aloud, students were individually interviewed and invited to talk about the visual text in pre-selected illustrations.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Reading Skills, Literary Devices
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Groff, Carolyn – Reading Horizons, 2014
The consequences of lack of reading and poor reading skills are problematic for all students, regardless of background; however, for middle grade striving readers with academic difficulties these problems can lead to lower self-efficacy and motivation to engage in literacy tasks. Using the perspectives of urban, middle grade special education…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Skills, Special Education, Feedback (Response)