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Peer reviewedNaiden, Norma – Reading Teacher, 1976
Concludes that the ratio of boys to girls experiencing reading disability problems in the Seattle Public Schools is three to two. (RB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedLamme, Linda Leonard – Reading Teacher, 1976
The reading habit which is most consistently sensitive to reading ability measures is the habit of seeking out books by known authors. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Predictor Variables, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedAnderson, Gary; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1985
Concludes that reading interests of children were similar across achievement levels. Offers tips to help low-achievers choose recreational reading materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Reviews research concerning the relationship between reading achievement and student leadership. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intermediate Grades, Peer Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedSwift, Kathleen – Reading Teacher, 1993
Describes a teacher's first efforts to implement Reading Workshop in her classroom. Reports the study she conducted that convinced her that Reading Workshop successfully improves reading comprehension and counters students' negative attitudes toward reading. (RS)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedDubbs, Mary Wray – Reading Teacher, 1979
In a replication of two studies, the author found that sixth and eighth graders performed comparably to their counterparts of 60 years ago on reading comprehension and vocabulary tests. (MKM)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Grade 8
Peer reviewedNolte, Ruth Yopp; Singer, Harry – Reading Teacher, 1985
Concludes that teaching fourth- and fifth-grade children to ask themselves questions about key points in a story significantly improved their performance on tests about story content. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Grade 4, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedWalters, Ken; Gunderson, Lee – Reading Teacher, 1985
Indicates that hearing stories read aloud in their native languages did not interfer with ESL children's reading achievement in English, and there were many benefits from having parents read those stories in a school setting. (FL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Intermediate Grades, Parent Participation, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedPropst, Ivan K., Jr.; Baldauf, Richard B., Jr. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Describes a modification of the cloze procedure which was used to assess the reading achievement of selected students in the Mariana Islands. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedConley, Millicant Marr Watkins – Reading Teacher, 1983
Concludes that an ongoing, onsite, supervised inservice program providing regular diagnostic feedback to teachers doubled the reading comprehension gain scores of low SES Black intermediate-grade students from a large urban school district as compared to the gains of students whose teachers did not participate in program. (FL)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedPreston, Ralph C. – Reading Teacher, 1979
A study in German schools found that sex of teacher had no effect on either boys' or girls' reading achievement. (MKM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
