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Hurst, Carol Otis – Teaching PreK-8, 1996
Presents three activities to promote participation in group discussions about books. Activity one involves displaying pictures of characters and having students describe them, citing specific actions from the book as proof. Activity two entails listing a story's actions into a flow chart. Activity three involves making a line graph indicating the…
Descriptors: Books, Class Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education
Barrett, Virginia Denise – Book Report, 2000
Discussion of the benefits of reading aloud focuses on reading to teens. Topics include building social relationships; teaching language skills; improving text comprehension, imaginative and creative thinking, curriculum content learning, listening and speaking skills, and motivation to read and learn; and how to include reading in school…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Creative Thinking, Interpersonal Relationship
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Quick, Kathy – New Advocate, 1999
Describes an extraordinary experience teaching comprehension strategies to fourth-grade reluctant readers through literature study. Notes how the experience was a fusion of three critical elements: an extraordinary group experience, a text that taught itself, and an instructional model that met the students' needs. (SR)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Literature Appreciation, Reader Text Relationship
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Jones, Patrick – Orana: Journal of School and Children's Librarianship, 2000
As librarians provide access to informational resources, recreational excursions, cultural explorations, and educational support, they build assets which are critical for young people's successful growth. Identifies eight main categories of developmental assets--support; empowerment; boundaries and expectations; constructive use of time;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescent Development, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents
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Patterson, Nancy, Ed.; Pipkin, Gloria, Ed. – Voices from the Middle, 2001
Argues that computer technology can help to engage struggling readers in meaningful transactions with text. Lists and describes seven web sites that will captivate reluctant readers. Notes three web sites that send students on "WebQuests" to transact with text in order to build knowledge. Discusses other ways to engage students in text via…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Electronic Text, English Instruction, Language Arts
Steineger, Melissa – Northwest Education, 1998
Research indicates that engagement with text is critical to becoming a good reader and can be fostered in primary grades by using informal assessments of individual student's reading ability to guide instruction. Describes running record, miscue analysis, and cloze-procedure assessment tools and the assessment task of oral retelling. Sidebars list…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Informal Assessment, Miscue Analysis, Primary Education
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Koskinen, Patricia S.; Blum, Irene H.; Bisson, Stephanie A.; Phillips, Stephanie M.; Creamer, Terry S.; Baker, Tara Kelley – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Study with first grade teachers and students explored the impact of book-rich classroom environments and home rereading on reading motivation, comprehension, and fluency. Results showed enhanced comprehension for book-rich classrooms, both with and without a home component; home rereading increased reading motivation and promoted parental…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Books, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Environment
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Hebb, Judith L.; Axiotis, Vivian – English Journal, 2000
Offers practical suggestions for encouraging reluctant (and all) high school readers and writers. Advocates looking at student reluctance and motivation; understanding the process of reading; understanding that everyone learns differently; and that reading is a social act. Offers the response from a high school English teacher with a sampling with…
Descriptors: Class Activities, High School Students, High Schools, Literature Appreciation
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Chandler, Kelly – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Describes a collective case study of 12 high school juniors who identified themselves as avid readers of popular fiction. Finds strong reading relationships between parents and high school students. Describes the different roles that parents played in their adolescent children's reading lives. Looks at implications for secondary English classrooms…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Fiction, High School Students, High Schools
Leonhardt, Mary – School Library Journal, 1998
Suggests ways school librarians can implement a free-choice reading program to motivate students to read. Discusses developing a trusting relationship with teachers and administrators; suggesting only small changes initially; involving coaches and activity advisers; asking principals to encourage staff members to designate time for pleasure…
Descriptors: Change, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
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Rowell, Elizabeth H. – Child Study Journal, 1998
Examined literacy development and enhancement, and level of child interest and involvement in preschools. Found that, although many preschools were fostering the growth of literacy in numerous ways through the environment, materials provided, and activities implemented, many missed opportunities to foster growth and interest in emergent reading…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Emergent Literacy, Literacy
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Crane, Laura R.; Gustafson, Jean-Louise; Poziemski, Christine – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2000
Discusses a survey of more than 2,000 students from remedial and college-level reading and English classes that measured three key areas: self-concept, value, and reading strategies. Finds that: (1) developmental students were lacking in reading self-concept and valued reading less; (2) first-time students valued reading less than experienced…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Corrective Reading
Yadegari, Shireen Ann; Ryan, Debra Ann – Principal, 2002
Describes strategies one elementary school used to improve the reading and writing skills of a group of low-performing second-grade students, including scaffolding, modeling, needs-based instruction, book-rich environment, cross-age reading, books shared with family members, and student motivation. (PKP)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Cross Age Teaching, Family School Relationship, Models
Curriculum Review, 2004
Each month, "Curriculum Review" offers teachers mutual support, the sharing of ideas, and words of encouragement to help them face challenges in the classroom. The April 2004 issue of "Curriculum Review" contains the following articles: (1) "We Hear from Readers"; (2) "What They're Saying"; (3) "Technology Update"; (4) "Use Class Web Site to Host…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Web Sites, Reading Motivation, Homework
Mori, Setsuko – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2004
Although there is extensive research into what constitutes second language learning motivation and how it works, most of the existing work is carried out in ESL environments, and is mainly concerned with motivation to communicate using the target language. However, in EFL environments such as Japan, students have quite limited contact with target…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Second Language Learning, Reading Motivation, Learning Motivation
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