Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ480431
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Overcoming the Reading Comprehension Barriers of Expository Texts.
Franklin, Mary R.; And Others
Educational Research Quarterly, v16 n1 p5-14 Jan 1993
University professors gave inservice workshops for intermediate grade teachers and continued to support teachers by modeling reading instruction techniques and monitoring implementation of reading strategies in the teachers' classrooms. Results for 82 fifth and sixth graders showed significant gains in Metropolitan Achievement Test reading scores after 1 year of the project. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Content Area Reading, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies, Rural Schools, Scores, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Test Results
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Metropolitan Achievement Tests
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