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The Contribution of Text-Highlighting to Comprehension: A Comparison of Print and Digital Reading
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Ben-Yehudah, Gal; Eshet-Alkalai, Yoram – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2018
The use of digital materials in educational settings is common, despite evidence indicating that comprehension of digital text is inferior to comprehension of printed text. A potential solution to this problem is to use learning strategies for deeper text processing. Text-highlighting is a strategy known to improve comprehension of printed text;…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Study Skills, Study Habits, Notetaking
The Problem of Reading and Reading Culture Improvement of Students-Bachelors of Elementary Education in Modern High Institution
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Kamalova, Lera A.; Koletvinova, Natal'ya D. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This article is aimed to study the problems of reading and improve reading culture of students-bachelors of elementary education in modern high institutions and development of the most effective methods and techniques for improving of reading culture of students in the study of Humanities disciplines. The leading method to the study of this…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement, Bachelors Degrees
The Effects of Alternative Study Guide Labels on Testing in Developmental Reading
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Buckley, Shellie Calhoun – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Methods and teaching tools have been researched to determine if they prove to be successful in effectively teaching the underprepared. This study was conducted to compare the differences in the utilization of alternative labeling on study guides to determine if the usage affects the outcome on participant's test scores. A quasi-experimental design…
Descriptors: Study Guides, Reading, Reading Improvement, Developmental Programs
Meeting the Needs of Struggling Readers: Using Reading Assessments in a Graduate-Level Reading Course
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Oslick, Mary Ellen; Lane, Hannah – Action in Teacher Education, 2014
The purpose of this research is to share the reading assessments that graduate students selected for their clinical practice with struggling readers. After a careful look at assessments, their place in the recent shift to Response to Intervention (RTI), specifically regarding reading instruction and the preparation of reading…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Improvement
From "Acting Reading" to Reading for Acting: A Case Study of the Transformational Power of Reading
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Barden, Owen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2009
In this study the author charts the trajectory of an adolescent student's identity, from being a struggling reader to a competent reader and successful young actor. The author argues that reading is central to our ability to make sense of both our inner selves and our surroundings, and that it is therefore imperative that unskilled readers are…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Literacy Education
Reading Coaching Discourse: Exploring Coaching Processes
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Heineke, Sally Frances – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigates the discourse of elementary school reading coaches and teachers during coaching interactions in four Alabama schools. Coach/teacher dyads recorded naturally occurring coaching dialogue over periods of 3 to 6 weeks. Each participant shared her views on coaching and commented on the recorded discourse during post-interviews…
Descriptors: Credentials, Sociocultural Patterns, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Improvement