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Direct linkSinead McNally; Kathryn A. Leech; Kathleen H. Corriveau; Michael Daly – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2024
Purpose: This study investigated the effects of early shared reading and access to books on reading vocabulary in middle childhood and the pathways associated with later reading success. Method: Path analysis of data from four waves of a national longitudinal study of children (N = 7,751) was used to investigate direct and indirect effects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Longitudinal Studies, Reading
Lee, Laura; Szczerbinski, Marcin – Irish Educational Studies, 2021
The use of individual tutoring as a method of educational instruction has been prevalent for several decades. One popular tutoring practice is Paired Reading, a reading support technique specifically designed for non-professionals. The accessible nature of Paired Reading makes it an attractive option for schools who wish to capitalise on support…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Intervention, Foreign Countries
Download full textMichael Markey – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
Our aim here is to investigate reading in a foreign language from a multilingual perspective. Much research has focused on first- and second-language reading, especially the important role played by strategy deployment in helping readers to make meaning from texts in different languages. Less emphasis has been placed, however, on how bilinguals…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, French, Second Language Learning, Reading Skills
O'Rourke, Diarmuid; Olshtroon, Aoife; O'Halloran, Claire – Support for Learning, 2016
In this study we examined the effectiveness of a reading intervention targeting a group of 24 struggling readers in ten primary schools in Ireland. The intervention consisted of two components; component one consisted of 15-20 minutes delivery of the Toe-by-Toe programme (a well established systematic synthetic phonics programme) and the second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading, Intervention, Elementary Schools
Peer reviewedLoughrey, Dolores – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Examines the demands made on the beginning reader. Considers implications for classroom practice to promote reading development, and examines the resources used by teachers to introduce children to reading. Argues that the use of Big Books in the teaching of reading is a means to make the reading process visible and accessible to all children.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum
Farren, Sean – 1984
A review of several classroom observation and survey studies of comprehension instruction, content area reading for homework, and aspects of reading assignments raises the question of whether enough is being done in Irish schools to develop critical reading competency. It appears from these studies that many students are being left to their own…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
