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Guzman-Jimenez, Rosario; Dhavit-Prem; Saldívar, Alvaro; Escotto-Córdova, Alejandro – Educational Technology & Society, 2023
Yupana Inca Tawa Pukllay (YITP) is a ludic didactic resource based on semiotic alternation that, using the reading of numbers in the Inca numeral system, improves its equivalent Indo-Arabic reading. Twelve children from first to fourth grade of a bilingual (Spanish-Quechua), multi-grade elementary school in a small rural Peruvian community were…
Descriptors: Semiotics, American Indians, American Indian Students, American Indian Languages
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Cilliers, Liezel; Bloch, Carole – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2018
Early literacy teaching and learning in the foundation phase of rural schools in South Africa experience persistent challenges. In order to address some of these challenges, a national reading programme to improve literacy among rural learners was initiated by a nongovernmental organisation. The article provides an overview of how teachers in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Reading Programs
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Johnson, Brian Walker; Batchelor, Melissa – Middle School Journal, 2018
How can middle-level educators improve reading achievement when digitized texts and tests manage their instruction? Experienced Osage Middle School reading teachers and school administrators addressed this question as they examined their Istation reading curriculum, and higher education faculty partners were invited to portray this work. Teaching…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Reading Achievement, College School Cooperation, Reading Improvement
Courtney, Jane; Gravelle, Maggie – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This article compares the existing single-strategy approach towards the teaching of early literacy in schools in rural Cambodia with a multiple-strategy approach introduced as part of a reading intervention programme. Classroom observations, questionnaires and in-depth interviews with teachers were used to explore teachers' practices and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Programs, Intervention, Program Evaluation
Gutshall, Anne – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
Although parents and teachers appreciate the value of reading aloud to early elementary children, they often forget that upper elementary children can still benefit from individual attention during reading. A small pilot study in a South Carolina elementary school demonstrates the value of pairing adults and children for regular reading time.…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Reading Instruction, Reading Aloud to Others
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Din, Feng S. – Rural Educator, 2000
A study assessed the effectiveness of direct instruction in improving reading skills. After a 3-week summer remedial program in which direct instruction was the main instructional strategy, along with a controlled curriculum, 18 rural students aged 7-15 with severe reading difficulties showed notable improvement in reading and spelling. (Contains…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Improvement