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Direct linkLi, Hong; Gan, Zhengdong; Leung, Shing On; An, Zhujun – SAGE Open, 2022
This study investigated the effect of explicit reading strategy instruction on reading comprehension, reading strategy use, reading motivation, and reading self-efficacy in Chinese university EFL learners. A total of 117 first-year university students were randomly assigned to either the experimental group or the control group. Students in the…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods
Ben-Yehudah, Gal; Eshet-Alkalai, Yoram – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2018
The use of digital materials in educational settings is common, despite evidence indicating that comprehension of digital text is inferior to comprehension of printed text. A potential solution to this problem is to use learning strategies for deeper text processing. Text-highlighting is a strategy known to improve comprehension of printed text;…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Study Skills, Study Habits, Notetaking
Download full textLeat, Susan J.; Si, Francis Fengqin; Gold, Deborah; Pickering, Dawn; Gordon, Keith; Hodge, William – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
Introduction: In addition to optical devices, closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) and eccentric viewing training are both recognized interventions to improve reading performance in individuals with vision loss secondary to age-related macular degeneration. Both are relatively expensive, however, either in the cost of the device or in the amount of…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Television Viewing, Intervention, Reading Improvement
Hall, Leigh A. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2016
The purpose of this year-long project was to examine an instructional framework intended to help middle school teachers create instruction that responds to students' reading identities while also helping students learn the skills they need to be successful readers. The project used a formative design approach in order to achieve 3 pedagogical…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Middle School Teachers, Reading Instruction, Middle School Students
Rahayu, Endang Yuliani; Februariyanti, Herni – English Language Teaching, 2015
The current study reports a two-year research project funded by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia through a competitive research scheme. The aim is basically to respond to the fact most university students have very low interests in reading activities, such as finding out important information for their term papers as assigned by the…
Descriptors: Reading Interests, Reading Tests, Online Courses, Program Implementation
Abdelrasoul, Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim – Online Submission, 2014
The present study aimed at developing the necessary critical reading skills and social skills of the Egyptian EFL second year preparatory school students, through a proposed program based on using reading circles strategy. The study participants were 44 students from Sohag Experimental Preparatory School in Sohag Governorate. Instruments of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Reading Skills, English (Second Language)
Ismail, Nasrah Mahmoud; Tawalbeh, Tha'er Issa – International Education Studies, 2015
As the training of language learners was a main concern of EFL teachers, this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of metacognitive reading strategies instruction (MRSI) on Taif University EFL students who achieved low results in reading. The final sample of this study was (21) female university students. The sample was divided into two groups;…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Experimental Groups, English (Second Language)
Ghafournia, Narjes; Afghari, Akbar – International Education Studies, 2013
The study scrutinized the interaction between reading proficiency and strategic competence via reading comprehension test performance of Iranian EFL learners. The further concern was to scrutinize the extent to which strategic competence affected the participants' test performance. The participants were 506 postgraduate students who took a reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Aaron, Lynnita Christina – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the effect of instructional coaching on kindergarten through third-grade student literacy in three Native American elementary schools. The researcher analyzed quantitative literacy data and qualitative literacy data for three Bureau of Indian Education elementary schools for school years 2003/2004 through 2009/2010.…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Coaching (Performance), American Indian Education
Hume, Julie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Many of today's students are reading below grade level and schools are investigating methods for increasing student achievement in the area of reading. This mixed method research study investigated the achievement of students who were reading below grade level. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between reading response…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Reading Achievement
Flores, Marta; Duran, David – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
This study investigates the development of the Reading Self-Concept and of the mechanisms underlying it, within a framework of a reading programme based on peer tutoring. The multiple methodological design adopted allowed for a quantitative approach which showed statistically significant changes in the Reading Self-Concept of those students who…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Reading Achievement, Self Concept
MAXWELL, MARTHA J.; MUELLER, ARTHUR C. – 1965
A STUDY OF THE READING HABITS AND ABILITIES OF 132 PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE (1) IF READING SPEED COULD BE INCREASED WITHOUT CHANGE IN COMPREHENSION AND (2) WHETHER INFORMATION ABOUT SOME OF THE BASIC TECHNIQUES OF READING STRESSED IN TYPICAL READING COURSES COULD ELICIT CHANGES IN STANDARDIZED…
Descriptors: College Students, Questionnaires, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Clark, Sara H. – 1972
Two Basic Skill Centers were set up in Minneapolis in 1969 to help inner-city students improve their reading skills. This report covers the fourth year's operation of the project. The goals of the program include remediation of subskill weaknesses, achievement of functional reading levels, and raising the rate of reading growth of children in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Multimedia Instruction
HAKKARAINEN, EDWARD A. – 1967
A REMEDIAL READING INSTRUCTION PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS EVALUATED. CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED AT THREE SITES TO SERVE 750 DROPOUTS REFERRED BY VARIOUS COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE PROJECT WAS STAFFED BY SIX REMEDIAL READING TEACHERS, SEVEN COMMUNITY AIDES, AND ONE LIAISON WORKER. INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION USING A VARIETY…
Descriptors: Attendance, Case Studies, Dropout Programs, Enrollment
