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Peer reviewedTaylor, Barbara M.; Frye, Barbara J. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1992
Investigates the effects of an experimental set of reading lessons focusing on strategies applied to social studies textbook material. Finds that, in three of four comparisons, students receiving weekly strategy lessons were better at summarizing social studies material than were control subjects. Finds no differences between groups in terms of…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
Download full textDowdell, Tyrone – 1996
A study examined the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) on the reading achievement of sixth graders. Subjects were 72 Chicago Public School students, nearly 100% minority. In the school year of 1994-95 no students received DI. A sample of 30 students who performed poorly, with stanines of 1, 2, and 3 on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Bruce, Merle E.; Robinson, Gregory L. – 2001
This study assessed the effectiveness of a metacognitive and reciprocal teaching approach for improving the word identification and reading comprehension skills of upper primary poor readers in a regular classroom situation. To improve word identification skills, experimental subjects were given metacognitive training in the analysis and…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension
Guthrie, John T.; And Others – 1996
The aims of concept-oriented reading instruction (CORI) are to increase motivation, strategies, and conceptual learning. To attain these aims, CORI classrooms are: conceptually oriented, observational, collaborative, and personalized, emphasizing strategies of searching, comprehending, integrating, and composing for audiences of peers. Two…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness
Yukish, Joseph F.; Fraas, John W. – 1988
Evaluating the effectiveness of the Reading Recovery program pioneered in New Zealand by Marie Clay (daily supplemental lessons, for students with reading difficulties, which develop a strategy-oriented, self-improving reading system), a study examined the success of the program in an Old Order Amish population of first-grade students from Ohio.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Johnson, Judy A. – 1996
A study examined a reading recovery program in Great Bend, Kansas. Subjects were 70 first-grade students divided into a treatment group and a control group. In the treatment group, 19 were Caucasian, 6 were Hispanic, and 6 were Vietnamese or Afro-American. In the control group, 31 were Caucasian and 8 were Hispanic. Independent variables were:…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Grade 1
