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MacKay, Kathryn Lake; Young, Terrell A.; Munòz, Samantha Hahne; Motzkus, Terah Larmouth – Reading Psychology, 2020
In 2010, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were adopted by most states in the US. The authors of these standards called for a shift from previous standards by recommending that young children experience a 50-50 balance between informational and literary reading. For this mixed-methods study, researchers examined the contents of 23 first-grade…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Materials, Books, Elementary Schools
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Repaskey, Lisa L.; Schumm, Jeanne; Johnson, Jacqueline – Reading Psychology, 2017
This investigation focused on elementary-aged (first and fourth grade) children's individual preferences for narrative and expository text and perceptions of what their same-aged peers would like to read. Preferences and perceptions of text were examined through the lenses of social constructivist and engaged reading theories. The overall purpose…
Descriptors: Preferences, Grade 1, Grade 4, Gender Differences
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Akrofi, Amma K.; Swafford, Jeanne; Janisch, Carole – Reading Psychology, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine what types of texts would best support the at-home reading for a first grader who struggled with reading. Results of running records for 12 books of varying text types indicated he used visual cues, picture cues, and his schema as he attempted to read. Ten of 12 of the texts were hard for him to read.…
Descriptors: Cues, Protocol Analysis, Reading Instruction, Parent Participation