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Improvement of EFL Students' Academic Reading Achievement through the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA)
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Albashtawi, Abeer Hameed – Reading Psychology, 2019
This mixed-methods study examined the effectiveness of the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) on the improvement of EFL students' academic reading achievement. Participants were 122 Jordanian EFL undergraduate students who were divided into two groups: experimental and control groups. Data were collected using academic reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Academic Language, Instructional Effectiveness
Student Reaction Cards: A Tool for Mini-Conferencing College Students in Developmental Reading and Lab Courses.
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Flippo, Rona F. – Reading Psychology, 1983
Presents a practical method of conducting conferences with developmental students in large college reading/study skills programs. Suggests that the method could also be used to monitor and document students' attitudinal changes and perceived progress throughout a term. (FL)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reading Centers, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Attitudes and Reading Achievement of Students in an Alternative High School.
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Wedman, Judy M. – Reading Psychology, 1983
Concludes that the affective goals subscribed to by many alternative high schools do have positive effects on some of the attitudes toward school, self, and others held by students, but that there is no relationship between measured attitudes and reading improvement. (FL)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, High Schools, Humanistic Education, Nontraditional Education