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Capitalizing on Social and Transactional Learning to Challenge First-Grade Readers
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Meyer, Amanda; Schendel, Roland K. – Reading Horizons, 2014
A classroom teacher capitalizes on social learning and reader response theories to challenge her accelerated first-grade readers by implementing literature circles. The aim of this action research was to identify a clear view of "how" to use literature circles with first-graders and "what" might be accomplished. Three…
Descriptors: Socialization, Grade 1, Reader Response, Reading Instruction
Implications of Scoring Community Speech Patterns on Oral Reading Assessments
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Agee, Nicole S. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Cultural sensitivity and responsiveness are being advocated in reading assessments to reduce the impact of community speech patterns (CSP) on the accuracy of miscue analysis. This study, motivated by a high incidence of retention in 1st grade in a local school district, investigated whether CSP among students affected reading outcomes and…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Speech Habits, Cultural Awareness, Reading Tests
An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Early Reading Intervention for Self-Efficacy (E-RISE) on First, Second, and Third Grade Students in an At-Risk School Setting
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Nolan, Jeanne – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research study investigated the effectiveness of an early reading intervention for self-efficacy (E-RISE) on struggling readers' efficacy and reading achievement in an at-risk elementary school setting. A total of 117 first, second, and third graders participated. The intervention group contained 39 students, and the comparison group…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students, Self Efficacy
First Grade Teachers' Knowledge of Phonological Awareness and Code Concepts: Examining Gains from an Intensive Form of Professional Development and Corresponding Teacher Attitudes
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Brady, Susan; Gillis, Margie; Smith, Tara; Lavalette, MaryEllen; Liss-Bronstein, Linda; Lowe, Evelyn; North, Wendy; Russo, Evelyn; Wilder, T. Diane – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
The study examined the efficacy of an intensive form of professional development (PD) for building the knowledge of first-grade teachers in the areas of phonological awareness and phonics. The PD featured frequent in-class support from highly knowledgeable mentors for one school year, in addition to an introductory two-day summer institute and…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Phonics, Self Efficacy, Phonological Awareness
Writing to Understand Lengthy Text: How First Graders Use Response Journals to Support Their Understanding of a Challenging Chapter Book
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Martinez, Miriam; Roser, Nancy L. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2008
Chapter books present young readers with many more challenges than do the picture books that initiate them into reading. This case study investigation explored ways in which three first graders used their literature response journals to help them negotiate their first chapter book read aloud. Findings of the three case studies revealed that the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Case Studies, Grade 1
"Reading" Young Children's Visual Texts
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Pantaleo, Sylvia – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2005
This article discusses a study that explored first-grade students' responses to and interpretations of eight picture books with metafictive devices. The article focuses on children's visual and written responses to the picture books and describes the relationship between the students' visual and verbal texts with respect to storytelling. The two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Picture Books