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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Instructional Level"”.
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A Comparison of the Incremental Rehearsal Method, the Pocket Word Method, and Repeated Reading Instructional-Level Text on the Word Retention, Words Read Per Minute, and Comprehension of First-Grade Students
… to each other and to Repeated Reading (within Instructional Level [RR-IL] by individually teaching words from the Dolch Word List to first-grade students. The effects of IR, PW, and RR-IL on the word retention, reading accuracy, words read per minute, passage retell, and aided comprehension of …
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An investigation into the relationships between cloze test scores and informal reading inventory scores of fifth grade pupils
This study investigated the relationship between instructional level scores as determined by a cloze test and instructional level scores as determined by an informal reading inventory. Subjects used in this study were selected from schools in a mid-western community. Five schools were selected from …
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Teaching with Cloze: Its Effect on the Reading Comprehension of Poor Readers
… in ability to comprehend cloze material at their instructional level. Thirty-one fourth and fifth grade poor readers participated in the study. The treatment and control groups were found to be comparable in both IQ and reading comprehension prior to the start of treatment. The treatment groups …
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Differentiating instruction: what does it look like when utilized in a kindergarten classroom?
… when instruction is geared to each individual's instructional level. The students in this study were broken up into four small groups and taught guided reading three times a week for twelve to fifteen minutes each over a period of three weeks. Through observations and reflections and pre and post …
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A Study of Cloze Procedure Variables and Standardized Tests as Predictors of Reading Achievement
… the SRA (language) test, the cloze independent level, the cloze instructional level, and the cloze frustration level. The researcher used a teacher constructed cloze test. Each test consisted of twelve stories of two hundred and fifty words each. The data from the variables were analyzed using …
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A Correlational Study of the Relationship Between Cloze Procedures and Standardized Reading Tests For Intermediate Grades
… or not teachers could develop appropriately leveled and shaped cloze procedures that would be significantly correlated to standarized reading tests. The subjects for this study were sixty fourth and sixth grade students. The variables in this study were The Nelson-Reading Test, SRA Reading …
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Examination of the Impact of Students' Skill Levels on the Effectiveness of Evidence-Based Interventions for Improving Mathematics Fluency
… (RTI). RTI is a framework for matching instructional interventions with students’ academic skills in order to inform high-quality, evidence-based instruction. Numerous interventions, which have been derived from the acquisition and fluency stages of the instructional hierarchy, have been …
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Factors Influencing Readers When Matching Texts to Struggling Students
Teachers at every scholastic level search for the best pedagogical practices for their particular classroom and students. The method of leveling, a strategy in which teachers assess the instructional level of a text in order to properly match books with an individual reader, is used increasingly in …
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Improving Instruction for English Language Learners: Benefits of Differentiated Instruction
… pressures being applied to those delivering instructional content to perform at a high-quality level. However, with an ever-increasing population of English language learners in classrooms across the United States, having content delivered, which matches the instructional level of each …
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Computer Access, Teacher Skills And Motivation To Take Online Professional Development In The Riyadh School District
… teachers' access to computers, computer skill level and motivation to enroll in online courses pertaining to professional development. Participants, who were chosen according to a stratified sampling technique, completed a survey which provided the data for the study.</p> <p>The correlation …
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Comparing the Effects of Narrative and Expository Texts on Teacher Instruction and Child Processing in Junior Guided Reading
… designed to focus on Guided Reading, the pivotal instructional approach used in New Zealand junior reading programmes. Five experienced teachers were observed while they conducted two Guided Reading lessons at three different text levels using narrative and expository text supplied by the …
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Self-Esteem, Personal Control, Optimism, Extraversion, and the Subjective Well-Being of Midwestern University Faculty
… intercorrelations. When marital satisfaction and level of instruction were added to form a model in addition to the primary variables, just under 50% of the subjective well-being variance was accounted for among married faculty members. Adding marital status and instructional level to the primary …
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The role of illustrations in children's oral reading accuracy, strategies and comprehension at different developmental and progress levels : a psycholinguistic investigation
… at the respective reading age and progress levels were selected. Within a matched samples, 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design, subjects read 320 word narrative stories at instructional level of difficulty, with or without illustrations. Results in general confirmed the hypothesis. In particular, …
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The role of illustrations in children's oral reading accuracy, strategies and comprehension at different developmental and progress levels : a psycholinguistic investigation
… at the respective reading age and progress levels were selected. Within a matched samples, 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design, subjects read 320 word narrative stories at instructional level of difficulty, with or without illustrations. Results in general confirmed the hypothesis. In particular, …
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Relationship of employment status and sex to self-reported job- seeking behavior of selected black secondary graduates
… on proficiency at typing business letters at two levels of instruction, at three levels of difficulty, and under three conditions. The conditions were designed to isolate the effect of each of the three factors on proficiency in typing business letters. A secondary purpose was to estimate the …
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Community college faculty attitudes and concerns about student learning outcomes assessment
… relationship between these factors and faculty levels of involvement in assessment activities. Combining the conceptual frameworks of the concerns-based adoption Model (CBAM) and the framework developed by the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement project, an online survey was developed …
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The Effect of Repeated Reading With Pairs of Students in a Large-Group Setting on Fluency and Comprehension for Students At Risk for Reading Failure
… to develop acceptable reading skills; however, instructional time allocated to reading fluency can increase reading comprehension. The purpose of this study was to compare students who received repeated reading with pairs of students in a large-group setting with those who did not in terms of …
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An investigation of the effects of two modes of prereading assistance on fifth graders' literal and interpretive comprehension of selected material
… of all fifth-grade pupils reading on grade level in Anderson, Indiana's twenty-eight elementary schools, fifth-graders in three representative schools were chosen by the Assistant Superintendent. All fifth-graders in these three schools (159 subjects) were given Ransom's Cloze Test as an …