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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"read alouds"”.
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Using echo reading and tracking simultaneously during small group read alouds with preschool children
… and academic, are positively affected when echo reading and tracking print were incorporated simultaneously into small groups read alouds with preschool children. A group of four preschool students participated, each of varying levels and abilities. The students took turns echo reading a line of …
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Creating a Lifeline Back to Books For Adolescent Boys Through Multimedia Enhanced Read-alouds
<p>Due to a growing concern regarding the reading motivation levels of adolescent males, educators have been encouraged to broaden their definition of literacy beyond the traditional fiction novel. This study sought to target the reading motivation levels of unmotivated adolescent boys through the …
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The Effects of Word Instruction During Classroom Read-Alouds on the Acquisition of Vocabulary
… study investigates the use of Text Talk during read-aloud to increase the receptive vocabulary of participants. The investigator read six picturebooks to two groups of kindergarteners. Group A had 21 participants and Group B had 20 participants. Each group received instruction on two different …
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Using Science Read Alouds and Inquiry Activities to Enhance Student Writing in Family Message Journals
The results of the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress indicated that most students are not proficient writers and that science performance declined in the 1970’s, increased during the 1980’s and early 1990’s, and has been mostly stable since. Perhaps a way to correct some of these …
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Promoting a Pedagogy for Listening Instruction: Primary Grade Teachers Perceptions of Teaching Listening Through Interactive Read Alouds
… how the teachers perceptions influenced planning read alouds for explicitly teaching listening skills. Investigations included: (1) What were teachers perceptions about teaching listening, and how did these perceptions influence the planning of read alouds, (2) and how did engaging in professional …
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What happens when you use multicultural mentor texts as read alouds to generate ideas for writing personal narratives?
… when you use multicultural mentor texts as read alouds to generate ideas for writing personal narratives in 3rd grade readers and writers. By utilizing these mentor texts as read alouds this study seeks to determine what effects they have on writing personal narratives. The students in this …
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What happens when parent volunteers provide literacy support for preschool students using interactive read alouds in a private reading?
… of this study was to examine and measure how a read aloud training program could be used to train parents in the early reading behaviors of preschool children in a private reading tutorial center. Two groups of parent-child dyads consisting of 17 pairs (parent-child) each were selected to fill …
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Reciprocal teaching and its effect on inference skills to enhance reading comprehension
… of inference skills in four, 4th grade excel readers. By utilizing reciprocal teaching as the instructional component and incorporating engaging read alouds, this study seeks to determine how these effect the development of inference skills. The students in this study received explicit …
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The Effect of Repeated Read-Aloud Strategy on Preschool Children's Reading Comprehension
… was to determine the effect of the repeated read-aloud strategy on preschool children's reading comprehension. The repeated read-aloud strategy calls for a book to be read aloud at least twice to one or more individuals over several days or weeks. This study followed a quasi-experimental …
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Authentic literature's effect on student attitudes towards individuals with disabilities
… by implementing a disabilities unit through read alouds in a second grade classroom. Eighteen students participated in the research model. Data collected included surveys, audio taped interviews, audio taped discussions, student response cards, and personal teacher research journal. The data …
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Utterances and Questions in Informational Book Read Aloud and Science Activity Sessions
… from a total of 10 informational text read aloud and 10 science activity sessions, across four science topics, with 15 third graders in five groups of three students. The overlying questions in the study were: What will the frequency of utterances be for the two treatments? What types …
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Using multicultural literature in the classroom to encourage tolerance and respect
… Over the course of four weeks, students were read eight books about diverse cultures during centers and during circle time. Qualitative inquiry strategies such as parent questionnaires, audio recordings of small group and whole group discussions, student artifacts, and observations recorded in …
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Using multicultural literature across curriculum to foster an understanding and acceptance of diversity
… teacher interviews, informal student interviews, read-alouds, audio recordings of student discussion, daily observations and student response activities, such as role playing and drawings. Student responses are analyzed in terms of the impact of multicultural literature on student attitudes, …
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The Relationship among Concept Sorts, Storybook Reading, Language-Based Print Awareness, and Language Proficiency in the Vocabulary Learning of Diverse Kindergarten Children
… vocabulary instruction through storybook read alouds and concept sorts influenced vocabulary acquisition and the relationship among vocabulary and language-based print awareness and language proficiency. A non-random sample of three kindergarten classrooms participated in this study. …
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Sparks, Celebrations, and Kids: An Ethnographic Study of Writers Club
… activities conducted within it with a focus on reading aloud. As the narrowing focus on skill and drill practices that are a by product of high stakes testing continues to grab time, attention, and headlines, educators and policymakers deserve access to examples of more meaning-based pedagogy in …
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Exploring the Literacy Development of Preschoolers Through Theme-Based Center Activities
… the theme, and the implementation of interactive read-alouds, which allowed for interaction among peers and literacy improvements. Recommendations for further research include: further exploration of theme-based curriculum, investigation of dramatic play center practices to foster interaction …
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Enriching science trade books with explicit-reflective nature of science instruction: impacting elementary teachers' practice and improving students' learning
… of NOS, changes in teaching practices during a read-aloud of the trade book, students' interaction with the NOS concepts during the read-aloud, and teachers' perceptions of the materials. Including read-alouds during science instruction is a common practice in elementary teaching and draws on …
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Teacher Beliefs On Balanced Literacy And Collective Efficacy In Kindergarten
… high expectations, decision making, guided reading, running records, parental outreach. The findings support the existing literature on teacher beliefs. Teachers have a strong decision-making process and belief in lesson planning, read alouds, guided reading, running records, and parental …
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