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Peer reviewedBarnett, Jerrold E.; Irwin, Lydia – Reading Improvement, 1994
Finds an overall drop in reading attitudes across the upper elementary school years in three of the four schools examined. Reveals few significant relationships between reading attitudes and teacher-reported enrichment activities. Notes that activities that fit with a traditional, direct instruction approach to teaching reading correlated…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedWorthy, Jo; Sailors, Misty – New Advocate, 2001
Discusses the factors involved in determining text difficulty. Discusses some of the reasons children choose to read certain materials, such as personal connections, culture and language, interest, and expertise. Illustrates these factors through descriptions of work with individual students, classroom observations, and research on students'…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Readability
Download full textKoskinen, Patricia S.; And Others – 1993
The addition of captions to television is a technological breakthrough that can be used to enhance the vocabulary and comprehension skills of young readers. Taken together, several studies suggest that captioned television is a motivating medium for below-average readers and bilingual students, and that simultaneous processing (audio/video/text)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement
Bean, Rita M.; And Others – 1989
A study investigated Chapter 1 students' activities and experiences during the time allocated to reading instruction. Subjects, 119 fourth and fifth grade students in a large city school system (66 subjects receiving remedial instruction in an in-class setting and 53 in a pullout setting), were observed systematically over a four-month period…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Compensatory Education, Grade 4
