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Farrell, Ellen – Journal of Reading, 1982
Reports that junior high school students who spent an entire school year in a formal sustained silent reading program made dramatic increases in reading ability and interest. (AEA)
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation, Program Descriptions
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Holt, Sondra B.; O'Tuel, Frances S. – Reading Improvement, 1989
Examines the effect of sustained silent reading and writing on achievement of seventh and eighth grade students reading two or more years below grade level. Finds significant improvement in reading achievement, writing, and attitude toward reading for both seventh and eighth grade students. (RS)
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Reading Achievement
Tucci, Sharlette Haley – State of Reading, 1995
Describes a "read-in," a fun activity in which both teacher and student can relax and enjoy each other while practicing reading skills and refining reading strategies. Discusses what a read-in can include. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Reading Aloud to Others
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Armbruster, Bonnie B.; Wilkinson, Ian A. G. – Reading Teacher, 1991
Discusses what research says about silent and oral reading and the implications this has for reading instruction and instruction in the content areas. States that students are more attentive during silent reading and participate more in follow-up discussions of silent reading than in oral reading. (MG)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Oral Reading, Reader Text Relationship
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Little, Queenie; Richards, Rhonda Taylor – Reading Improvement, 2000
Describes how a sixth-grade teacher modified the reciprocal teaching strategy to use with a group of struggling readers. Describes implementing the strategy, reviews data on effectiveness with her students, and recommends modifications for students engaged in silent reading. (SR)
Descriptors: Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Reading Comprehension
Taguchi, Etsuo; Takayasu-Maass, Miyoko; Gorsuch, Greta J. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2004
Extensive research on reading in a first language has shown the critical role fluency plays in successful reading. Fluency alone, however, does not guarantee successful reading. Cognitive and metacognitive reading strategies and schemata that readers utilize also play important roles in constructing meaning from text. Most research, however,…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Silent Reading, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Hernandez-Miller, Mirtha E. – 1991
A study used the Reading Retelling Profile to examine the effectiveness of the holistic instructional approach called "reading workshop," which involves increased time for sustained silent reading, authentic literature in the reading program, a choice of books to read, written response journals, group discussions, and a supportive…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Holistic Approach, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Wiscont, Jeanne Mull – 1990
A study examined whether sustained silent reading produced positive attitudes toward reading. Subjects, 583 intermediate grade students and 26 teachers in the 5 elementary schools in the Pulaski, Wisconsin School District, were questioned about reading on a broad basis and about their attitudes toward Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) in particular.…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Reading Attitudes, Reading Interests, Reading Research
Sanacore, Joseph – 1988
In supporting independent or contextual reading, the principal can make a major difference in the lives of remedial and at-risk students. Initially, curricular congruence should be firmly established so that learning center staff and classroom teachers mutually support the use of school time for developing students' fluency. In addition, sustained…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Independent Reading, Instructional Leadership
Rasinski, Timothy V. – 1989
The concept of inertia--the property by which a body in motion tends to remain in motion, and a body at rest tends to remain at rest--is analogous to a situation that occurs in reading. Some students, despite being able to read, choose not to read when other options are available. In terms of inertia, these students are at rest and tend to remain…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Reading Aloud to Others
Burkhart, Doris – 1983
A reading program was developed to motivate 20 second grade children identified as capable, confident readers but who would not read on their own. An interest inventory, a free response interview, and direct observation revealed that the students were in literate school and home environments, but few chose to read independently. A 10-week…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Family Influence, Grade 2, Motivation Techniques
Graden, Janet L.; And Others – 1982
Twenty-seven second-grade students were observed during two reading periods to examine the nature of instruction and academic responding time for students in high, middle, and low reading groups. Across all groups, it was found that students spent about 20 minutes of a 120-minute typical reading period actively engaged in academic responding, and…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Observation Techniques, Oral Reading, Primary Education
Lengyel, Janice; Baghban, Marcia – 1980
In an effort to provide maximum support for the reading success of its students, a primary school in a rural, coal mining area simultaneously developed a family reading program and a sustained silent reading (SSR) program. The major objective of the family reading program was to encourage parents to read to their children for 15 minutes a day,…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Parent Participation, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Blachowicz, Camille L. Z. – 1978
To ascertain whether subjects spanning the range of reading acquisition exhibit semantic constructivity when confronted with a silent reading task, a study was conducted involving 120 second, fifth, and seventh graders, and 30 graduate students. For purposes of the study, semantic constructivity was defined as the uncued production of inferences…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Language Acquisition
MCGUIGAN, FRANK JOSEPH
COVERT BEHAVIOR HAS POTENTIALLY GREAT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE, THOUGH PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THIS RESPONSE CLASS IS MEAGER. SCIENTIFICALLY, COVERT BEHAVIOR HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR TWO REASONS--(1) BECAUSE OF ITS INTIMATE RELATION TO THE "THOUGHT PROCESSES," AND (2) BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE REALM OF BEHAVIOR THAT THE PSYCHOLOGIST SEEKS…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Covert Response, Electromechanical Aids, Handwriting
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