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Individualizing a Web-Based Structure Strategy Intervention for Fifth Graders' Comprehension of Nonfiction
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Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Wijekumar, Kausalai K.; Lin, Yu-Chu – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
In the study, we investigated effects of 2 different versions of a web-based tutoring system to provide 5th-grade students with strategy instruction about text structure, which was an intervention to improve reading comprehension. The design feature assessed varied in individualization of instruction (individualized or standard). The more…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Intervention, Computer Attitudes
Teaching Third-Grade Students to Comprehend Anaphoric Relationships: The Application of a Direct Instruction Model.
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Baumann, James F. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1986
Investigates the effectiveness of a direct instruction model for teaching children to comprehend anaphoric relationships. The results provide further support for the efficacy of a direct instructional model for teaching children reading comprehension skills. (HOD)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Basal Reading, Comparative Analysis, Directed Reading Activity
Individual Differences in Gains from Computer-Assisted Remedial Reading.
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Wise, Barbara W.; Ring, Jeremiah; Olson, Richard K. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2000
Compared effects of a computer-assisted remedial reading program providing speech-supported reading in context with or without explicit phonological training. Found that phonologically trained second to fifth graders gained more in phonological skills and untimed word reading than untrained children. Children with more contextual reading gained…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology