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The Analysis of the Level of Students' Perception of the Messages in Fictive Texts in Fictional Context
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Batur, Zekerya – Reading Improvement, 2018
The aim of this study is to investigate the perception levels of the messages of didactic fiction texts in fictive context and the student's perception levels of these messages. 80 students attending the grades of 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th--20 from each grade--are randomly selected as participants. Under the supervision of specialists, six fictive…
Descriptors: Fiction, Text Structure, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation
An Investigation of the Impact of Racially Diverse Teachers on the Reading Skills of Fourth-Grade Students in a One Race School
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Burt, Jo Linn; Ortlieb, Evan T.; Cheek, Earl H., Jr. – Reading Improvement, 2013
Despite efforts from the No Child Left Behind Act (2000) aimed at better educating minority children, the African American-Caucasian test score gap persists. The population of public school students is increasingly diverse; yet, 90% of public school teachers are Caucasian females (Graybill, 1997). Within this ethnographic dichotomy, what effect…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Grade 4, Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Students
The Analysis of the Level of Students' Perception of the Messages in Fictive Texts in Fictional Context
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Batur, Zekerya – Reading Improvement, 2013
The aim of this study is to investigate the perception levels of the messages of didactic fiction texts in fictive context and the student's perception levels of these messages. 80 students attending the grades of 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th 20 from each grade, are randomly selected as participants. Under the supervision of specialists, six fictive…
Descriptors: Fiction, Text Structure, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation
An Examination of Some Predictors of Reading Achievement in Grade Four Children.
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Tremans-Ziremba, Malonie; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1980
Shows that of self-concept, birth order, intelligence, sex, position in family, family size, age, and socioeconomic status, only intelligence was significantly related to reading achievement. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 4, Intelligence, Reading Achievement
The Effects of Anxiety and Verbal Motivational Approaches on the Reading Performance of Children
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Morrison, Donald W. – Reading Improvement, 1974
Reports that a significant effect of test anxiety on performance was obtained with high anxious subjects performing significantly better under both the motivating circumstances than under the control conditions. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Elementary Education, Grade 4
Using Standardized Tests Unconventionally: An Adapted Reading Assessment.
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Liu, Ping; Lara, Rafael; Parker, Richerd – Reading Improvement, 2001
Investigates the use of a multi-step Test Item Post-Conference (TIPC) procedure with 30 English-as-a-second-language students. Notes that the procedure results in an "adjustment" of standardized multiple choice tests scores. Finds the procedure proved relatively efficient and the results were well-received by the participating ESL teachers.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, English (Second Language), Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
A Comparative Reading Gains of African American Students in a Chapter I Pull out Program
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Alawiye, Osman; Williams, Henry S. – Reading Improvement, 2005
The goal of Chapter I programs is to enable disadvantaged children to attain grade level success in school. This study attempts to determine the extent to which students in a predominantly African American school achieve grade level success as a result of their Chapter I reading supplementary participation. The reading gains of the Chapter I…
Descriptors: African American Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 4, Grade 8
Comparing Right and Left Brain Dominant Students on Reading Achievement Scores.
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Van Giesen, Angela M.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1987
Assesses the differences in reading achievement scores of remedial reading students identified as having differing hemispheric specializations by studying 64 fourth- and fifth-grade students in a remedial reading program. Suggests that no significant difference exists on the comprehension subtest when hemispheric preference was considered,…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Elementary Education, Females, Grade 4
Modifying Negative Attitudes in Poor Readers Will Generate Increased Reading Growth and Interest.
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Howard, Donald E. – Reading Improvement, 1988
Examines a remedial reading program for grades 4 and 5. Claims that a reading program featuring oral language, good children's literature, interesting reading activities, writing, and attractive reading incentives in an informal classroom structure can change negative reading attitudes and improve reading abilities. (MM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 5