NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Developing Mathematics Worksheet Using Futsal Context for School Literacy Movement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Effendi, Kiki Nia Sania; Zulkardi; Putri, Ratu Ilma Indra; Yanawati, Poppy – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
School Literacy Movement, one of the government's efforts to optimize the ability of students in terms of literacy, needs support from every circle; one of them is from researches in the educational field. This research aims to develop reading texts in a futsal context that will be presented in students' worksheet with valid and practical criteria…
Descriptors: Literacy, Content Area Reading, Worksheets, Mathematics Instruction
Making Sense of Science Texts: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Predictors and Processes of Multiple-Text Comprehension
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Davis, Dennis S.; Huang, Becky; Yi, Tanisha – Reading Research Quarterly, 2017
Previous research has identified various factors that contribute to readers' comprehension of expository texts, including strategy expertise, language proficiency, prior knowledge, and more recently, readers' beliefs about knowledge. This study addresses the need to understand the relative contributions of these predictors to readers'…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Materials, Reading Materials, Reading Comprehension
Improving Elementary Students' Engagement during Independent Reading through Teacher Conferencing, Teacher Modeling, and Student Choice
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Carey, Jenna L.; Howard, Cameron C.; Leftwich, Rebecca J. – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this action research project report was to increase engagement during independent reading for 32 fourth-grade students and 26 seventh-grade science students. At Site A, data was collected from August 27, 2012 through December 14, 2012. At Site B, data was collected from September 24, 2012 through December 14, 2012. Students'…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
A Microethnography of a Seventh Grade Social Studies Classroom.
Roe, Mary F. – Research in Middle Level Education, 1994
Studied reading comprehension demands in a seventh-grade social studies classroom to reveal existing classroom cultures and complexities surrounding expository text comprehension. Found that in the particular classroom, the textbook determined knowledge exploration and had a damaging pedagogical effect on the students' literacy practices.…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 7, Literacy Education, Middle Schools
How to Reach and Teach All Children through Balanced Literacy
Direct linkDirect link
Rief, Sandra F.; Heimburge, Julie A. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2007
This book offers teachers a handbook for teaching literacy to diverse students in grades 3-8. The balanced literacy method combines the best practices of phonics and other skill-based language instruction with the holistic, literature-based approach in order to help teach reading, writing, and speaking in a clear and approachable format. This…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Units of Study, Literacy, Student Diversity
Cognitive Preference Testing: Process Evaluation of Inquiry Strategies.
Heller, Terry Hobbs – 1980
The cognitive preferences of 250 seventh grade students in social studies classes were examined, using the Cognitive Preference Profile (CPP). Each item in the CPP contains a stem statement and restatements of the stem that reflect memory, application, and questioning options. Pre- and post-test scores for the CPP were used as covariates with the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading