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Direct linkMitchell, Chrystine Cooper – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2016
Researchers have documented a "summer reading setback" where an achievement gap between proficient and struggling readers expands during the summer. This research focuses on 20 rising sixth graders who participated in a summer independent reading initiative using Nook digital readers. Using a qualitative exploratory design and content…
Descriptors: Reading, Grade 6, Grade 5, Independent Reading
Download full textWilkins, Chuck; Gersten, Russell; Decker, Lauren E.; Grunden, Leslie; Brasiel, Sarah; Brunnert, Kim; Jayanthi, Madhavi – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2012
This report presents estimates from a large-scale, multi-district RCT (randomized controlled trial) on the effectiveness of a summer reading program on improving student reading comprehension for economically disadvantaged grade 3 students reading below the 50th percentile nationally. This study focused on the summer between grades 3 and 4 for…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Independent Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement
Hansen, Laurie E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined independent reading behaviors and contextual factors that contributed to growth in vocabulary and literacy of fourth grade English-only (EO), limited English proficient (LEP), and fluent English proficient (FEP) children. Participants were given pre-post measures of receptive and expressive vocabulary, word reading, decoding,…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Instructional Materials, Scores, Grade 4
Jennings, Robert Edmond – 1972
Microfiche copies of 112 children's trade books and two Xerox Classmate Readers were put into three fourth-grade classrooms to assess their effect on children's reading achievement, attitudes toward reading, the the use of library books. The microfiche copies of the trade books were matched title-for-title with hardbound books shelved with the…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Grade 4, Independent Reading
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1971
This is the fifth report describing notable reading projects funded under Title Two of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The project descriptions were supplied by ESEA Title Two coordinators and media supervisors in the State departments of education for Arkansas, California, Georgia, Guam, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Independent Reading, Individualized Reading, Library Services
Judson, Arlene – 1973
Research developed and evaluated an individualized reading program for 21 third graders with reading problems. It sought to improve their reading ability so they could read and understand new vocabulary words with 80% accuracy, read with increased expression and fluency, comprehend new content and, by transfer, to produce improvement in their…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Research
