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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Reading (Middle school)"”.
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English Teachers and English Language Learners in Middle School Classrooms: Perspectives and Practices
<p>Public school classrooms in the United States are composed of an increasingly diverse population of learners. The number of students with limited proficiency in English has grown exponentially across the United States, yet their level of academic achievement lags significantly behind that of …
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Student variables and teacher perceptions: Examining the decline of reading proficiency at sixth grade
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A Descriptive Study of Middle School Alliterates
… to identify why, according to the perspective of middle school alliterates, students who are capable of reading choose not to read. Procedures: The research was conducted using qualitative methodology. Subjects of this study were seventh and eighth grade students at a central Iowa middle school. …
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The Effects of Question-Generation Techniques on Reading Comprehension
… teaching of question-generation training improve reading comprehension and is there evidence of a successful student transference and a publication of question-generation training in content area subjects? Procedure. The subjects in this study were thirty-one sixth through eighth grade students at …
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Criteria for Evaluating a Good Reading Program for Grades Five through Eight from Research and Literature as They Apply to Battle Ground, Washington
… to develop criteria that will help Battle Ground schools in planning their fifth through eighth grade reading program.
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Examining the Nature of Interactions which Facilitate Learning and Impact Reading Achievement During a Reading Apprenticeship: A Case Study of At-risk Adolescent Readers
… the interactions that take place during a reading apprenticeship which facilitate the learning of reading strategies by adolescent students who are at the middle school level and are still at-risk for reading failure and to investigate how a reading apprenticeship affects reading …
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Perceptions of Out-of-School Reading Motivation for Female Middle School Students
… engagement and motivation to read is lacking in middle school reading classrooms. Educators struggle with the challenge of motivating students to read and actively engage with text both inside and outside of school. Research indicates that female and male middle school students have unique …
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Reading Interest Congruence Between High Interest/Low Level Published Materials and Reading Interests of Students in an Alternative Junior High School
… the content of high interest/low level published reading materials were congruent with the topical reading interests of the students enrolled in an alternative school. Procedure. To determine the reading interests, an inventory was administered. Data were tabulated for population on a percentage …
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Teacher Perceptions of Free-Choice Reading in the Middle School English Language Arts Classroom
This qualitative study explores middle school English Language Arts (ELA) teachers' perceptions of free-choice reading and how those perceptions influence instructional practices and student engagement. Grounded in socio-cultural theory and Glasser’s Choice Theory, the research examines how …