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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Comprehension Strategies"”.
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Listening comprehension strategies of Arabic-speaking ESL learners
… this investigation was to identify the listening strategies of advanced and intermediate second language listeners in English and to compare the listening strategies of both groups of research participants. A total of 30 Arabic-speaking ESL learners were administered a listening comprehension test …
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Investigating reading comprehension strategies and learning styles with eight year old children
… of teaching and learning in the area of reading comprehension, an innovative approach was used to design the programme. This approach combined the principles of comprehension strategy instruction (Richek et al., 2002; Robb, 2000), whole language learning theory techniques (Goodman, 1976; Smith, …
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The Effect of Explicit Teaching of Comprehension Strategies on Reading Comprehension in Elementary School
… investigated the effect of explicit teaching of comprehension strategies on the comprehension performance of elementary school students. Two schools with similar demographics, including a significant proportion of students at risk for reading failure, participated in the study. One school …
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A study of the English reading comprehension strategies utilised by level-one students at the University of Venda
… study was to investigate the English reading strategies utilised by level-one students at the University of Venda. The respondents in this study were three hundred and nine level-one students from various Schools in the University of Venda who were doing English Communication Skills (ECS) …
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The relationship between individual differences, training in second language aural comprehension strategies and performance in year 9 Indonesian language students
… The first part measures language learning strategies (LLS) and other individual differences (IDs), as well as the relationship between LLS and the other IDs of year 9 students of Indonesian as a foreign language (L2). The second part measures differences in use of LLS between the control …
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An experimental study of the effects of direct instruction in comprehension strategies taught through listening upon reading comprehension of fourth grade students
… study was to determine if direct instruction in comprehension strategies taught through listening had an effect on the reading comprehension of fourth grade students.The study sample consisted of seventy-four students in fourth grade classrooms in a metropolitan school district in central …
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Examining the Comprehension Strategies of Chinese and English Readers: A Study of Bilingual and Monolingual First, Second and Third Grade Elementary School Students
… difficulties associated with the treatment of strategies in L1 and L2 literature, such as the classification of comprehension strategies and the skill-strategy distinction. In light of these findings, pedagogical, methodological and theoretical implications for L1 and L2 reading are discussed.
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The Effect of the Educational Change Process Through the Implementation of the Learning-Focused Reading Comprehension Strategies In Blue Horizon School District: A Mixed Methods Study
… of the Learning-Focused Schools Reading Comprehension Strategies in a South Carolina school district. This research was accomplished through the analysis of the four phases of the Fullan Model during the implementation process. Evidence exists that the school district represented in this …
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Integrating Comprehension Instruction Within the Middle School ELA Curriculum
Reading comprehension, influenced by factors such as fluency and vocabulary, is a struggle among K-12 students, but especially middle school students. Since the implementation of the CCSS and a push for more rigorous reading material, the task of ensuring students comprehend complex texts is a …
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Analysis of Pre Test and Post Test Performance of Students in a Learning Center Model at the Elementary School Level
… of small group instruction using select reading comprehension strategies on student reading achievement comparing Measures of Academic Progress (MAPs) assessments from September 2014 to February 2015. The literature suggests that reading comprehension strategies and phonetic awareness …
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The Effects of Explicit Reading Strategy Instruction and Cooperative Learning on Reading Comprehension in Fourth Grade Students
… instruction and cooperative learning on reading comprehension in fourth grade students. A quasi-experimental design was used. There were six cognitive and three affective measures used to collect quantitative data. Cognitive measures included California State Test scores, Accelerated Reader test …
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"I can read accurately but can't understand the text read" : the effects of using a reading intervention on fifth-grade students' "word callers" reading comprehension achievement
… of an intervention of five researched reading strategies on fifth-grade students’ “word callers” reading achievement. Twenty-one fifth-grade students attending elementary schools in midwestern United States participated in this study. Students were randomly assigned to either the experimental …
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Exploring the use of effective learning strategies to increase students' reading comprehension and test taking skills /
… in how to use a repertoire of reading comprehension strategies and test taking skills when reading and responding to three types of questions (direct, inferential, critical). Specifically, the study examined whether providing students with a "model" of how to read and respond to the …
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The Impact of a Text-Reader Support Program on Intermediate Students' Reading Comprehension
… with explicit instruction in the use of reading comprehension strategies while using text-reader software. Specifically, the study explored participants' combined use of a text-reader and question-answering comprehension strategy during a 6-week instructional program. Using a qualitative case …
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A Comparison of Aesthetic and Efferent Reading Strategies of College Students
… the use of efferent and aesthetic reading strategies, as used by both undergraduate and graduate college students enrolled in a course in developmental reading instruction. Twenty students were individually interviewed, each student attending two separate interviews: one which focused on …
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Teaching the biography of Peal S. Buck: developing collaborative reading strategies for multilingual writers
… of using a collaborative method to teach reading comprehension strategies in English 112: Composition for Multilingual Students. As Kenneth Bruffee (1984; 1991), Margaret Mount (2014), Chiu-Hsin Lin (2007) and others have determined, there are many challenges English language learners face when …
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The role of collaboration in children's understanding of informational texts
… a variety of reading-related tasks. The kinds of comprehension and monitoring strategies children employed in their reading were of particular interest, especially since they had little prior knowledge about the content of the curriculum--marine animals. Children worked in pairs on three different …
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Teachers’ Perceptions of Strategy Based Reading Instruction for Reading Comprehension
… by explicitly teaching and modeling reading comprehension strategies. The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of strategy based reading instruction for improving student reading comprehension. Additionally, it examines teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of this …
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The Impact of Reading Intervention on Retained Elementary-Age Students
… a district-wide close reading program to teach comprehension strategies. Through policy measures, I considered the need for a change vision and a detailed action plan to support the needs of elementary students’ reading skills.</p>
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