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Estimating Reading Growth Attributable to Accelerated Reader at One American School in the Caribbean
Direct linkFoster, David K.; Foster, Dean P. – Reading Psychology, 2014
This article provides a statistical analysis of the reading gains observed at one American school in the Caribbean that was using Accelerated Reader. It provides an estimate of the number of hours students needed to read to advance their reading performance an additional year. The authors estimate how much Accelerated Reader contributed to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gains, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedSearfoss, Lyndon W.; Readence, John E. – Reading Psychology, 1983
Explains how to organize a "print laboratory," a safe, nonthreatening environment where students can experiment with all kinds of print found in the real world. Presents strategies designed to promote independent reading and comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedMulcahy, Patricia I.; Samuels, S. Jay – Reading Psychology, 1987
Argues that comprehension is a problem-solving activity and that different problem-solving schemata exist for different types of texts, both narrative and expository. Suggests that good comprehension occurs when there is a match between the author's schemata and that of the reader, creating a dialogue between the writer and the reader. (JK)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing
