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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Reading Proficiency"”.
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Metacomprehension and reading proficiency
… strategies would show a greater increase in reading comprehension and metacognitive strategy awareness, as compared to a control group who did not receive any such treatment. A second purpose was to determine if the treatment would have a greater or lesser effect on the reading comprehension …
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Fourth grade Hmong students’ reading proficiency.
… Act mandates that all students be proficient in reading by 2013. Researchers and practitioners alike have noticed that Hmong students do not achieve as well as their monolingual peers and other bilingual students. Linguistic factors alone do not account for this discrepancy, but rather a number …
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Examining the reading proficiency of office workers
… occupations are equipped with the necessary reading skills, including proofreading, verifying, and comprehending detail, needed to perform efficiently on the job. To address the problem of the study, the following specific research questions were answered: 1. What is the reading level of …
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The Correlation of Reading Outside School and Reading Proficiency
… investigate the relationship between time spent reading outside of school and reading proficiency, as measured by the Reading Comprehension component of the California Achievement Test. The underlying philosophy of this research stressed that the best way to develop reading ability is to provide …
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Influence of Reading Proficiency on Text Representation in L1 and L2
… construct multi-level text representation while reading. According to Van Dijk and Kintsch (1983), these are the surface level, textbase level, and situation model level. The current project aimed to explore the effects of reading proficiency on level of text representation in L1 and L2 reading …
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Examining The Effects Of Student And Teacher Absence On Elementary Student Reading Proficiency
… possible predictors of K-3 elementary student reading achievement were explored. The factors in this study included gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, student absence (both annual and cumulative), and teacher absence (both annual and cumulative). One-Way ANOVA results indicated that …
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For the love of reading : the impact of engagement factors on reading proficiency
… the significance of extensive and frequent reading for all students. There are consistent findings across studies, years, and grade levels regarding the limited amount of time students with reading difficulties, including students identified with learning or emotional/behavioral …
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Student variables and teacher perceptions: Examining the decline of reading proficiency at sixth grade
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An Evaluation of Virtual School's Preparation Of Second Grade Students For Third Grade Reading Proficiency
<p>Third-grade reading proficiency is an indicator of future student success in middle school and ninth grade, on-time graduation rates, and career success; however, 44% of third-grade students in one state were not meeting this goal. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which …
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A Multiple Probe Study of a Word Level Intervention for Adolescents with Limited Reading Proficiency
… particular attention to adolescents with limited reading proficiency and the use of single case design research as a viable option for discovering solutions to a persisting research-to-practice gap in education. Data analyses included a systematic literature review with findings synthesized into …
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Motivation to read and reading proficiency: a crucial link for students learning English as a second language
… the link between the motivation to read and reading proficiency at the Grade Five level. The majority of the study took place in Bahrain in a bilingual English/Arabic private school. Most of the students were not only reading below grade level, but also disliked reading. Similar levels of …
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Neural Network Prediction of Math and Reading Proficiency as Reported in the Educational Longitudinal Study 2002 Based on Non-Curricular Variables
… linear regression in predicting math and reading proficiency from 103 non-curricular variables collected in the National Center for Educational Statistics' 2002 Educational Longitudinal Study. The neural network model was implemented using the Java programming language and the coefficients …
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The Impact of Topic Familiarity, L2 Reading Proficiency, and L2 Passage Sight Vocabulary on Incidental Vocabulary Gain Through Reading for Adult Learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language
… on L2 incidental vocabulary gain through reading: (a) L2 reading proficiency, (b) L2 passage sight vocabulary, (c) topic familiarity, and (d) course level. A secondary question investigated the presence of any story level effects on gain. Participants were 99 university students studying …
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An assessment of the effects of the use of self-selected texts from the World Wide Web on foreign language reading comprehension
An assumption of the Whole Language model of reading is that self-selected text use is beneficial to students' reading proficiency. This experiment tests that assumption, and broaches a hitherto unexplored aspect of the reading process, namely students' reasons for text selection. The 68 …
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A Quantitative Comparison of the Reading Achievement of English Learners in Dual Language and Transitional Bilingual Programs
… shown to be effective in increasing the English proficiency of English learners (ELs). The purpose of this archival comparative study was to conduct a quantitative comparison of the English reading achievement of third grade ELs enrolled in dual language education (DLE) programs to those enrolled …
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The influence of morphological and lexical competences in the reading proficiency of fourth year students from modern languages major at the department of foreign languages of the University of El Salvador during the year 2014
… vocabulary knowledge and morphology are in reading comprehension. The research question was “What is the influence between the lexical, morphological competences and reading proficiency of English learners of fourth academic year of Modern Language Major at the Foreign Languages Department …
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Three essays on Informal Care, Health, and Education
… education on the continued development of reading proficiency during adolescence and young adulthood. Reading proficiency is essential for labour market success in a knowledge-based economy, but little is known about how advanced reading skills such as text interpretation and text …
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Impact evaluation of Funda Wande in-service teacher coaching intervention: Findings from the first year
… to acquire specialized knowledge in teaching reading, particularly in African Languages, the Non-Governmental Organisation Funda Wande is providing an integrated package of support to train Foundation Phase literacy teachers in how to teach reading for meaning in African languages. The pilot …
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An analysis of literacy instruction in Tennessee reading first schools with high levels of proficiency in reading/language arts scores
Reading proficiency has been declining in the US schools. The Reading First (RF) program was designed to combat this trend. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reasons why some RF programs were successful and some were not. The study brings a Tennessee perceptive to the research of the …
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Relation of short-term working memory and speech perception: a cross-sectional study
… order. Additional measures included tests of lip-reading proficiency, receptive vocabulary knowledge, inhibition, subjective workload ratings and working memory. It was hypothesized that age would influence recall errors, with young adults having fewer errors compared to children and older adults. …
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