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The Reading Development of Swedish L2 Middle School Students and Its Relation to Reading Strategy Use
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Lindholm, Anna; Tengberg, Michael – Reading Psychology, 2019
This two-year longitudinal study investigated Swedish L2 middle school students' reading development and its relation to reported strategy use. Reading comprehension was measured on three occasions and strategy use was examined using the Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) scale. The results show that student reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
Inference Types in Instructional Materials for Elementary Students
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Morrison, Timothy G.; Wilcox, Brad; Bird, Lauren; Murdoch, Erica; Bursey, Hannah; Helvey, McKenzie – Reading Psychology, 2020
The Common Core has emphasized reading for comprehension, including making inferences. However, little is known about the instructional materials included in core literacy programs for teaching inferences. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of background, anaphoric, predictive, and retrospective inferences in instructional…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Reading Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Improving Reading Performance for Economically Disadvantaged Students: Combining Strategy Instruction and Motivational Support
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Ng, Chi-Hung Clarence; Bartlett, Brendan; Chester, Ivan; Kersland, Susan – Reading Psychology, 2013
Seventy-six fifth-year students from low-socioeconomic status backgrounds participated in three different instructional conditions in an intervention study. The first combined strategy training in top-level structuring and interrelated motivational support; the second implemented the strategy training only; and the third was a control condition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Literacy
The Relationship between Students' Reading Orientations and Their Strategic Activity during a Collaborative Reading Task
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Davis, Dennis S.; Neitzel, Carin – Reading Psychology, 2010
This study examined the connection between middle school students' beliefs about reading and their use of comprehension strategies during a collaborative reading activity. Seventy-one fifth- and sixth-grade students were videotaped while they worked in small groups to read and discuss short texts describing the reading habits and abilities of four…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Beliefs, Reading Attitudes
Effects of Mapping Strategies on Reading Comprehension and Writing Performance.
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Prater, Doris L.; Terry, C. Ann – Reading Psychology, 1988
Examines the effect of key concept mapping strategies on reading comprehension and writing performance of fifth grade students using basal reading materials. Concludes that key concept mapping enhances comprehension of factual/informative text, but has no effect on written composition. Finds that literary mapping strategies enhanced neither…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Concept Mapping, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Improving Reading Comprehension through Strategy Instruction (Research into Practice).
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Kincade, Kay M.; Beach, Sara Ann, Ed. – Reading Psychology, 1996
Discusses separating good readers from poor readers. Defines strategies for accomplishing academic tasks. Finds that poor readers lack appropriate strategies to correct their comprehension problems. Reports results of interviews with 60 fifth-grade expert readers. Concludes that through direct, systematic teaching and guided practice of reading…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension