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Carr, Dorothy; And Others – 1995
A study investigated the effectiveness of a program for improving reading motivation and attitudes toward reading. The targeted population consisted of elementary and high school students in three different south suburban communities, located outside Chicago, Illinois. The problems of a lack of reading motivation and poor attitudes toward reading…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, High School Students
Gromme-Clark, Marcia – 1995
An intervention with six elementary-aged students with behavioral disorders was designed to increase positive attitudes toward school and learning, to improve self-esteem and empowerment, and to decrease inappropriate behaviors. The Foxfire pedagogy was used to achieve academic goals and to empower students. Students identified characteristics of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. – 1997
The stories and studies that make up this book pursue two intertwining paths of inquiry: (1) how highly engaged adolescent readers produce meaning; and (2) what can be done in the classroom to help reluctant readers perceive reading as a creative and personally meaningful pursuit. Chapter 1 looks at approaches to teaching reading and discusses an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students
Reissner, Laura A. – 1997
Four case studies examined the effects of using taped books to teach reading to at-risk elementary school students in rural West Virginia. The study involved two kindergarten students who were identified as at risk for developing reading difficulties and two first-grade students who had been classified with a learning disability. The intervention,…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Case Studies, Early Intervention, High Risk Students
Soiferman, Lisa Karen – 1991
A study investigated the efficacy of a program designed to teach parents how to read to their low-achieving school-aged children to help increase the children's word recognition and comprehension. Parents whose children (grades 1-4) were receiving additional school assistance from a resource specialist were invited to enroll in the program.…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Low Achievement
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. Curriculum Services Branch. – 1993
A study assessed the strengths, weaknesses, and degree of implementation of the reading dimension in the English Language Arts curriculum in grades 4, 8, and 11 of English language schools in Manitoba, Canada. At each grade, the student test assessed five major areas of reading performance. Assessment materials consisted of a student test, a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, French
Smith, Carl B.; Simic, Marjorie – 1992
The amount of time students spend in classrooms is relatively short--"13% of the student's waking hours in the first 18 years of life" (Walberg, Paschal, and Weinstein, 1985). They are developing intellectually, socially, and emotionally all the time, and parents are their models and teachers most of the time. This report describes and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Family Literacy, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Poe, Elizabeth Ann – 1985
Applying reader response theory, a study explored the responses of 19 pregnant adolescents and teenage mothers to two dissimilar young adult novels, one about teenage pregnancy and one about adolescent alcoholism. Quantitative analysis, using a modified version of the Purves-Rippere (1968) system, and qualitative analysis of written answers to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Alcoholism, Bibliotherapy, Characterization
Dahlgren, Gosta; Olsson, Lars-Erik – 1986
A study was conducted to describe conceptions of the usefulness of reading (the function or "why" of reading) and conceptions of the reading process (the form or "how" of reading) among preschool and first grade children in Sweden. The research paradigm used--based on the work of Vygotsky and Piaget--was called the "second…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 16 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) attitudes and reading achievement in an innovative high school; (2) the interaction of learning styles and word type as they affect word recognition among…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Style, Doctoral Dissertations
Kingston, Albert J. – 1979
There are many "truths" concerning reading psychology and pedagogy that teachers accept without questioning and that play an important role in current reading instruction. However, both science and education are deeply affected by the tenor of their times, and present day answers should be regarded only as tentative propositions that may be…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Content Area Reading, Educational Theories, Educational Trends

Oberlin, Kelly J.; Shugarman, Sherrie L. – Journal of Reading, 1989
Examines how a literature-based reading workshop incorporating minilessons, sustained silent reading, and responses to literature in dialogue journals affected the reading attitudes and levels of book involvement of learning disabled middle school students. Finds clear demonstration that students' reading attitudes and involvement improved. (RS)
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Literature Appreciation

Nurss, Joanne R.; And Others – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1993
Describes and presents the outcomes of a project conducted at a predominantly African-American, urban elementary school in the southeast that involved having 51 first graders and 19 second graders read to their parents for 15 minutes per evening, Monday through Thursday. Details teachers' and parents' reactions and the impact on children's reading…
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2
Krug, Marline; Fordonski, Patricia – 1995
A study investigated the effectiveness of a program for improving the recreational reading habits of elementary students through the use of cross-age tutoring in critical reading strategies. The targeted population consisted of a kindergarten and a fourth-grade class in the growing upper-middle-class community of Geneva, Illinois, located…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Critical Reading, Cross Age Teaching
Jordan, Evelyn – 1996
A study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of reading comprehension strategies in improving the reading skills of underprepared students at a community college. The instructional strategies, which included determining main ideas of passages, drawing inferences and conclusions, and building vocabulary within the context of readings, were…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Educational Testing