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Direct linkPhilip Capin; Katlynn Dahl-Leonard; Colby Hall; Na Young Yoon; Eunsoo Cho; Eleni Chatzoglou; Sarah Reiley; Melodee Walker; Emma Shanahan; Tim Andress; Sharon Vaughn – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2025
Purpose: Nearly 50 years ago, Durkin (1978-1979) conducted a seminal observation study on reading comprehension teaching in Grades 3 through 6. She reported that teachers rarely taught reading comprehension (less than 1% of instructional time). Since then, we have gained substantial knowledge about teaching reading comprehension. We aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Dettmann, Rebecca K. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study was conducted in order to determine if the engagement of teachers in professional learning communities (PLCs) made a difference on student reading comprehension scores. Literacy is a critical skill needed throughout the schooling years as well as into adulthood and educators are continually seeking ways to improve the reading skills of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Reading Comprehension, Scores
Download full textMullis, Ina V. S.; Martin, Michael O.; Foy, Pierre; Hooper, Martin – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2017
PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) was inaugurated in 2001 as a follow-up to International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's 1991 Reading Literacy Study. Conducted every five years, PIRLS assesses the reading achievement of young students in their fourth year of schooling--an important transition…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 4, Foreign Countries, International Assessment
Forster, Douglas E.; Karn, Richard – 1998
Teaching strategies are outlined for teachers of English as a second language to use in improving students' listening and reading comprehension skills specifically for two standardized tests: the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The strategies presented are not intended…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Listening Comprehension
Boey, Lim Kiat – RELC Journal, 1975
Although the medium of instruction in many universities in Southeast Asia is the respective national language, many sources of information are in English. This article reports on an experiment at the University of Malaya to develop reading comprehension in English by means of the SRA (Scientific Research Associates) Reading Laboratory. (CLK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Experimental Programs, Higher Education, Language Laboratories
PDF pending restorationBeauchamp, Laura; Butler, David L. – 1977
This is one of a series of curriculum guides designed to assist bilingual teachers in efforts to provide a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and for any other students whose native language is Spanish. It is felt that an effort should be made to discover the skill level at which a child is…
Descriptors: American Indians, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Singapore). Regional Language Centre. – 1992
The 12 issues of the second language teaching and research journal, spanning 1988-1993 contain articles on a variety of language teaching and learning issues. A substantial proportion concern English-as-a-Second-Language instruction, both general and academic, in a number of Southeast Asian cultural contexts. Regional variations of English are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis
