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"Bringing Those Two Cultures Together": Using Traditional and Popular Culture Texts in the Early Adolescent Reading Classroom
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Del Nero, Jennifer – Reading Improvement, 2019
This conceptual article explores early adolescent students' responses to an experimental Gothic reading unit (including popular culture and traditional texts). The Gothic genre was selected due to both its prevalence in youth culture and lack of representation in reading classrooms. This hybrid curriculum increased academic reading engagement in…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Adolescent Literature, Classics (Literature), Reading Instruction
Improving Oral Reading Fluency and Comprehension Using Grade-Level Fiction: A Study of Systematic Reading Remediation with Urban Youth at Risk for School Failure
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Harty, Kristin; Kanfush, Philip M.; Riordan, Monica – Reading Improvement, 2019
Over a 12-week period, the researchers implemented explicit and systematic reading instruction using grade-level fiction to evaluate the effects on the oral reading fluency and comprehension of seventh and eighth grade urban students at risk of academic failure. Ten students in the experimental group were provided systematic instruction consisting…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement, Reading Comprehension
Reading Fluency Interventions for Middle School Students with Academic and Behavioral Disabilities
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Hilsmier, Amanda Strong; Wehby, Joseph H.; Falk, Katherine B. – Reading Improvement, 2016
The research base on how to effectively intervene to improve the reading fluency of students with academic and behavioral disabilities at the middle school level does not provide a strong support for evidence- based practices with this age group. The purpose of this study was to extend the body of research on reading fluency interventions to…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Middle School Students, Disabilities, Evidence Based Practice
Effects of Values Clarification on Self Concept and Reading Achievement
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Fitzpatrick, Karen – Reading Improvement, 1977
Shows that strategies designed to help students identify their personal values improved students' self-concepts and reading achievements. (RL)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Change Agents, Change Strategies
"The Time Has Come..." to Develop Content Area Reading Independence.
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Siedow, Mary Dunn – Reading Improvement, 1981
Describes a reading program for seventh-grade students that was designed to smooth the transition from elementary school reading to junior high school content area reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Program Descriptions
Using Subject-Matter Areas to Raise Reading Achievement Scores.
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Wolf, Ronald E. – Reading Improvement, 1978
Demonstrates that the application of reading and study skills during subject-area teaching does transfer to higher achievement scores on standardized tests. Suggests a realistic strategy for including reading instruction within subject areas at the junior high school level. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Reading Ability
Finding a Niche for Reading: A Key To Improving Underachievers' Reading Skills.
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Coats, Linda Tuggles; Taylor-Clark, Pamela – Reading Improvement, 2001
Describes a summer reading program designed to improve low-achieving students' reading skills and to assist them in becoming focused and motivated readers. Finds that the summer reading program provided the necessary stimuli for the participants to develop an appreciation for reading, improve their vocabulary, and develop critical thinking skills.…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Grade 7, Literature Appreciation, Middle Schools