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Cognitive, Affective, and Attitudinal Predictors of Reading Achievement in "Open" Classrooms
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Drummond, Robert J.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1976
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Open Education, Predictor Variables, Reading Achievement
Use of Cognitive Schema by Children Who Are Deaf for Comprehending Narrative Text.
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Schirmer, Barbara R.; Winter, Christa R. – Reading Improvement, 1993
Finds that children who are deaf use textual schemata (rather than content schema activated through thematic organizers) for comprehension processing while reading narrative text. (SR)
Descriptors: Deafness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Reading Comprehension
Children's Understanding of Story Characters.
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Emery, Donna W. – Reading Improvement, 1992
Finds that fourth graders were more likely than fifth and sixth graders to understand story characters in terms of immediate situation rather than overall story context and in terms of individual perspectives rather than social relationships. Finds that adults differ from fifth and sixth graders in the same way. (SR)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
Effects of the Guided Reading Procedure on Fifth Graders' Summary Writing and Comprehension of Science Text.
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O'Mallan, Rosa P.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1993
Examines comprehension and summary writing skills of fifth-grade Chamorro students in Guam who received instruction in the Guided Reading Procedure with an added summarizing step. Suggests that additional teacher instruction is needed to improve student understanding of the content area material. (NH)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Writing to Read: Pen Palling for a Purpose.
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Dana, Marion E.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1991
Explores the reading-writing relationship using control and treatment groups from two separate populations--college remedial readers and sixth graders. Finds a significant increase in reading comprehension and a significant decrease in writing errors for the sixth grade experimental group and an improvement in writing complexity in the college…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Letters (Correspondence)
Inferencing Behavior of Good and Poor Readers.
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Malicky, Grace; Schiebein, Dennis – Reading Improvement, 1981
Concludes that both average and poor readers are able to make inferences when reading materials at their instructional reading level. (FL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Teaching Learners--Learners Teaching: Using Reciprocal Teaching To Improve Comprehension Strategies in Challenged Readers.
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Little, Queenie; Richards, Rhonda Taylor – Reading Improvement, 2000
Describes how a sixth-grade teacher modified the reciprocal teaching strategy to use with a group of struggling readers. Describes implementing the strategy, reviews data on effectiveness with her students, and recommends modifications for students engaged in silent reading. (SR)
Descriptors: Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
Utilizing Moral Dilemmas to Enhance Comprehension.
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Kennon, Cassandra H.; Noland, Ronald G. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Concludes that literal and inferential comprehension scores were not higher for sixth-grade students taught by moral dilemma questioning techniques than for those taught by the directed reading activity method or those participating in regular classes. (FL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Directed Reading Activity, Educational Research
Skill Hierarchies in Reading Comprehension.
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Reutzel, D. Ray; Hollingsworth, Paul M. – Reading Improvement, 1990
Explores the validity of skill hierarchies in reading comprehension. Finds no differences in comprehension skills between subjects receiving or not receiving comprehension skills instruction. Argues for a unitary or holistic view of reading comprehension. Argues for increasing the time students spend reading self-selected materials. Suggests…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
The Effects of Exposure to Children's Literature through Read Aloud and an Inferencing Strategy on Low Reading Ability Fifth Graders' Sense of Story Structure and Reading Comprehension.
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Ouellette, Glenda; Dagostino, Lorraine; Carifio, James – Reading Improvement, 1999
Examines the effects of exposures to children's literature through reading aloud and an inferencing strategy on low-reading-ability fifth-grade readers' sense of story structure and reading comprehension. Uses an experimental/control group repeated measures design. Finds that this study is consistent with other research that indicates the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Low Achievement