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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Reading abilities"”.
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Evaluating the Impact of a Reciprocal Teaching Intervention for Learners with Diverse Reading Abilities in the Upper Primary Phase
… constructed learning environment to improve reading outcomes. A review of the literature recognises its significant impact for readers with adequate decoding skills but who are poor comprehenders. However, evidence of RT within heterogeneous settings remains inconclusive, especially in the UK …
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A Study of the Letter, Word and Story Reading Abilities of Forty-Five Young Deaf Residential Children: A Longitudinal Perspective
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Basic Study Skills as Related to Each Other and to General Achievement, Mental Ability and Reading Abilities in Grade Six
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The Correlations between Teacher Assessment of Second Graders’ Reading Abilities and Their Performance on Subtests of the Test of Cognitive Skills
… between teacher assessment of students' reading abilities and the students' performance on the subtests of the Test of Cognitive Skills – Second Edition - Level 1. The need for the study was prompted by the movement of districts to utilize more authentic means of assessing reading ability …
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An exploration of the reading strategies used by sixth grade students of varying reading abilities when reading Internet sources to answer questions
This current study explored the reading strategies that emerged through the case studies of five sixth-grade students as they read Internet websites. Data was collected from student surveys, field notes, and transcripts of three separate Internet sessions that required participants to think aloud …
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A longitudinal predictive validity study of the relationships of formal and informal instruments to reading achievement test scores
… and informal measuring instruments as related to reading achievement test scores at the end of first grade, in sixth grade, and in ninth grade. Second, relationships between first grade reading achievement test scores and those at sixth and ninth grades were sought. Third, the relationships …
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A Study of Test-Taking Skills and Achievement Scores upon Secondary Students
… to determine if secondary students whose reading abilities were below grade level could improve their reading comprehension and vocabulary test scores on standardized tests, whether the test-taking skills program influenced these students' test scores, and how a test-taking skills program …
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Creative drama as a source for literacy development
… in the classroom, as an avenue for improving reading abilities of low-progress readers.
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Creative drama as a source for literacy development
… in the classroom, as an avenue for improving reading abilities of low-progress readers.
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An Eclectic Approach to Individualized Reading in the First Grade
… that individual children's unique interests and abilities were not being provided for. Since the teaching of reading occupies a central position in the elementary grades, and since children have a wide range of reading abilities and interests, an investigation of individualized reading was …
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The Impact of a Canine Assisted Reading Program on a Reluctant Reader's Literacy Learning
… explores the opportunity to provide an alternate reading intervention program to reluctant readers in the comfort of their own home. Canine-assisted reading programs have been implemented in school districts around the country; providing students with a reading partner that will not judge them and …
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An Investigation Into the Influence of Word Recognition Skills, Decoding Abilities and Orthographic Rule Knowledge on Spelling Proficiency in Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders
… knowledge of orthographic rules and basic reading abilities. Specifically, letter word knowledge, basic decoding skills and the explicit knowledge of orthographic rules were assessed. Both standardized and non-standardized measures were used to assess these domains in 87 research …
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The Effects of Embedded Phonological Awareness Training on the Reading and Spelling Skills of Kindergarten Students
… of phonological awareness skills is linked with reading difficulties. Previous research has shown phonological awareness training improves phonological awareness skills, as well as certain aspects of reading (such as word decoding) and spelling (spelling phonetically consistent words). The …
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Reading Children's and Adolescent Literature in Three University Second-Semester Spanish Courses: An Action Research Study
… students' perceptions of their experiences reading children's and adolescent literature in Spanish and the relevance of reading this literature on their acquisition of Spanish and their understanding and appreciation of Latino culture. Seventy-eight students enrolled in three second-semester …
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An investigation of the increase in phonemic awareness in kindergarten students who were exposed to word sort activities
… consisted of students ranging in a variety of reading abilities. The experimental group received phonics instruction through the use of word sorting activities. The control group had no guidelines for phonics instruction. Any phonics lesson taught in the classroom were done according to the …
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Middle School Reading Comprehension
… and evaluate strategies for middle school reading comprehension. More often than not, middle school students are placed into reading programs and expected to keep up with their grade level peers. Middle school students come to school with very different reading abilities. Past instruction …
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An Investigation and Selective Assessment of Secondary School Reading Programs in Illinois
… public criticism directed at the public schools. Reading instruction and students' reading abilities are at the center of the controversy. But a question crucial to understanding the situation and correcting it if necessary has been ignored: What is the nature of the reading programs currently …
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Readers Theater: A Key to Fluency Development
… of three fourth grade readers of varying reading abilities. The participants were chosen based on two scores, their words correct per minute (WCPM) score and their Multidimensional Fluency Scale score (MFS). The three students participated in an eight-week intervention in which readers …
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ELL vocabulary acquisition: How improvement measurements are affected by text type, English reading ability, and assessment methods
… factors affect vocabulary acquisition rates from reading English texts for high school students for whom English is a second language, as well as how assessment factors affect the measurement of vocabulary acquisition. In this study, vocabulary acquisition was measured by comparing the differences …
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