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Hodges, Tracey S.; McTigue, Erin; Wright, Katherine Landau; Franks, Amanda D.; Matthews, Sharon D. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2018
The present study builds upon established best practices in narrative comprehension instruction by redesigning a story map, to retain the benefits of text structure instruction, while also facilitating students to reach deeper levels of character-based comprehension. Framed in reader response theory, dual coding theory, and developmental theories…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Childrens Literature, Story Reading, Reading Comprehension
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Kelly, Laura Beth – Reading Horizons, 2020
Current standards push for elementary students to have text-based and text-centric discussions of what they read. This study explored what bilingual third-grade students talked about during small-group text-based discussions of informational texts. The author conducted a qualitative analysis of 10 video-recorded discussions, five of books matched…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Group Discussion, Grade 3
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Kelly, Laura Beth – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The author explored text difficulty for third-grade bilingual students reading below grade level. In six small-group discussions, students read and discussed informational texts matched to their reading levels, and in six other sessions they read and discussed texts one year ahead of their reading levels. The alternating treatment design and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Grade 3, Reading Comprehension
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Brown, Sally – Democracy & Education, 2015
Transaction circles weave together elements of guided reading and literature circles in an open conversational structure that supports students as agentive learners. Discourse within these circles utilizing digital informational texts assist in the development of democratic practices even in a time when federal mandates limit curricula and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Aesthetics
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Demény, Paraschiva – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2012
The first part of the present paper deals with the analysis of the literary theory and linguistic background of the reader-response method, respectively with the presentation of the process of composition and its psychological components. The reader-response textual interpretation method can take several different approaches of literary theory,…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Teaching Methods, Written Language, Writing (Composition)
Hulan, Nancy – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2010
This article describes a qualitative study of discussion patterns within guided reading groups in a struggling metropolitan school. The study involves analysis of reader response to literature through discussion within teacher-led and student-led contexts. Transcripts of discussions surrounding texts, teacher interviews, and student surveys were…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Reading Instruction, Reader Response, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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
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Applegate, Anthony J.; Applegate, Mary DeKonty – Reading Teacher, 2010
This study examined the motivation to read of children in grades two through six. All children in the study were strong in their literal comprehension of narrative text. Some were equally strong in their ability to respond thoughtfully to the text (Blue Group); others struggled to respond to questions requiring them to think about the implications…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Thinking Skills, Age Differences, Reading Motivation
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Liang, Lauren Aimonette; Peterson, Cheryl A.; Graves, Michael F. – Reading Psychology: An International Quarterly, 2005
This instructional study investigated the effects of two approaches to fostering elementary students' comprehension of literature. Participants were 54 third-grade students in 2 classrooms in a linguistic and culturally diverse, urban elementary school. Students read two folktales, receiving a Scaffolded Reading Experience (SRE) unit with one…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Grade 3, Reading Comprehension