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Dudley, Anne M. – Beyond Behavior, 2005
When older students fail to gain rapid and accurate decoding skills by the third or fourth grade, they not only struggle with reading comprehension, but they also fall behind their average reading peers in academic performance and achievement--and they rarely catch up. When presented with academic tasks that require reading, these students often…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Negative Attitudes, Academic Achievement
National Governors Association, 2006
Rates of reading in the United States have been declining for at least two decades, with the steepest decline occurring among young adults. Fewer than half of adults read literature--poetry, plays, short stories or novels--in their leisure time. At the current rate of decline, literary reading will virtually disappear in the next half-century. Few…
Descriptors: State Agencies, Reading Programs, Literacy, Leisure Time
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Huang, Shu-Chen – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
This study, situated in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context where non-English major college learners are usually required to read content-area textbooks in English, tried to determine what motivates students to engage in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) reading activities. Three student informants were invited to reflect on their own…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Textbooks
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Lenters, Kimberly – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2006
An important research paradigm applied to the study of adolescent resistance to reading--listening to student voice--has yielded rich information regarding adolescent literacy practices, adolescent agency, and adolescent identity as components of resistance to reading. Instructional perspectives of teachers and researchers also serve to shed light…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Interests, Reading Attitudes
Vocke, Karen S. – National Writing Project (NJ3), 2007
This book contains resources, including lesson plans and other materials that could be used by teachers of children of migrant works and other ESL children, as well as by teachers whose students are not learners of English. Seven chapters include: (1) Migrant Farmworkers and Their Families; (2) How Language Works; (3) How to Create Culturally…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Educational Needs, Migrant Education, Picture Books
Barackman, Linda; And Others – 1995
This report describes a program for improving reading skills. The targeted population consisted of first and second grade students from urban and rural communities in Northern Illinois. The problem of underachievement in reading was documented by reading inventories, writing samples, and writing prompts. Analysis of probable cause data revealed…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Intervention, Parent Participation, Primary Education
Morrow, Lesley Mandel – 1996
An 8-month study tracked 166 second graders of various ethnic backgrounds in an urban setting while they were being motivated to read through a literature-based reading and writing program. The classrooms in which the research was conducted used basal readers and did not have well-designed literacy centers. Collaboration was not an integral part…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing, Classroom Environment
McKenna, Eileen – 1997
A study examined gender differences in reading attitudes among school age children. The hypothesis was that school age children in grades K-8 regard reading as a predominately feminine activity. Subjects were 269 students, grades K-8, from a low-income, urban school setting. Students completed Reading Attitude Surveys, modified from the Downing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gender Issues, Reading Attitudes, Reading Motivation
Bridges, Marline – 1996
This Master's research project involved implementation of a program to increase learning readiness skills of children entering kindergarten. The target population was pre-kindergarten students in a changing urban community in northern Illinois. The problem of lack of readiness skills for learning was documented through teacher tests and…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Learning Readiness, Parent Participation, Preschool Children
Girsch, Suzanne; McGowen, Lynda – 1996
An action research study described and evaluated a program for motivating students to read and to take more responsibility for their learning. The targeted population consisted of second- and fourth-grade students in rural-suburban communities west of Chicago, Illinois. Students' lack of motivation related to reading and failure to become…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 2
Jensen, Kris; Papp, Stacy; Richmond, Barbara – 1998
An action research project described a program for improving elementary children's recreational reading habits through a combination of modeling by the teacher plus incentives to enhance students' intrinsic motivation to read for enjoyment. The targeted population consisted of three suburban public schools, grades 2 and 4. Analysis of probable…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 4
Bondanza, Amy; Kelly, Katie; Treewater, Adam – 1998
Reading comprehension is an important skill that every student needs in order to be successful. It is directly influenced by how readers construct a representation of the information that they are taking in. Overwhelmingly, the processing strategies found in research can appropriately fit into the Into, Through, Beyond strategies used in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, English Instruction
Crane, Laura R.; Poziemski, Christine; Gustafson, Jean-Louise – 1998
This paper focuses on the development and analysis of a survey designed to assess two aspects of motivation to read, specifically for adults enrolled in community college reading courses: self-perceived competence (self-concept) and valuing of the task (value). It also assesses developmental reading students' use of strategic reading behaviors.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education
Sargent, John A. – 2002
Whole language reading education is a constructivist view of learning with particular emphasis on the development of literacy. Constructivism asserts that human beings develop concepts through their own intellectual interactions and actions with the world. In whole language reading classrooms acceptance of learners means that the whole language…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1999
This paper provides an overview of Accelerated Reader, a system of computerized testing and record-keeping that supplements the regular classroom reading program. Accelerated Reader's primary goal is to increase literature-based reading practice. The program offers a computer-aided reading comprehension and management program intended to motivate…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Reading, Instructional Effectiveness
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