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Download full textWelther, Melissa M. – 2002
A study investigated the frequency of teachers' oral reading to students at the first, third, and fifth grade levels. Forty-eight teachers completed a survey designed to determine their frequency of oral reading to students, and their attitudes and beliefs about the practice. The results indicated that teachers viewed oral reading in a positive…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Grade 3
Hemerick, Kari Ann – 1999
The purpose of this study was to determine if reading aloud to children regularly would have an effect on their motivation and desire to read independently. Subjects, 100 fourth and fifth grade students in Wayne, New Jersey, participated in the study. One fourth and one fifth grade class were read to on a daily basis for 30 minutes. The second…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 5, Independent Reading
Boutwell, Lydia T.; Sistrunk, Kim S. – 1993
Results of two studies that investigated the effects of guest readers on the reading attitudes of second- and fifth-grade children in the Meridian (Mississippi) schools are presented. Twenty-nine second graders and 29 fifth graders participated. Local television personalities, school personnel, former teachers, and parents were among the guests…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Females, Grade 2
Greenlaw, M. Jean; Lankford, Mary D. – 1983
Ten suggestions that can help the elementary school teacher expand and enhance the basal reading program are (1) collect additional material on the authors, genres, and art media found in the series; (2) supplement the program with audiovisual and human, as well as printed, resources; (3) meet with other staff members to plan the curriculum; (4)…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Grade 2
Moore, Lou Anna – 1994
A study investigated how students felt about the "extra" reading activities and opportunities offered to them through an after-school recreational reading program. Ten fifth-grade students who were deemed most critically in need in terms of academic progress were observed in the after-school reading activities and were interviewed. Six…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Phillips, Laura A. – 1990
A study investigated the effectiveness of a program to improve the reading/vocabulary skills of an ability-grouped fifth grade class of "low achievers" (N=15) through the implementation of a literature-based whole language approach. Students were read aloud to from quality children's literature. From these books, spelling and vocabulary…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Research, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness
