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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"reading class"”.
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Case Study of a Middle School Reader Attending a Separate Reading Class
Despite the prevalence of separate reading classes in middle-level schools across the country, there is much debate about the effectiveness of these courses. Many researchers advocate content-area literacy or interdisciplinary teaming instead, claiming that students do not transfer the skills they …
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Latinate Word Parts And Vocabulary:contrasts Among Three Groups Comprisingthe Community College Preparatory Reading Class
Students enrolled in a college preparatory reading class at one particular community college were categorized based on language origin. Native English speaking students comprised one group and foreign students formed two additional groups--students whose language origin was Latin-based (i.e. …
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Situated Language Learning Practices in an EFL Reading Class: Case Studies of Six College Students
… the second language acquisition and the use of reading strategies of six EFL college students in Thailand through the lenses of sociocultural and cognitive frameworks. With the overarching purpose to promote successful learning, the investigation examined and documented how the students' …
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Task-based Learning Strategies for Developing Students’ Textual Understanding and Critical Thinking Abilities in An English Intensive Reading Class
… thinking ability and improving students' reading comprehension ability. Through a semester of researching, it is found that: Teaching Trilogy mode can help students form the habit of critical thinking. Task-based Learning approach used in groups can help students overcome the pressure from …
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The Effects of a Reading Intervention Class on Regular Education High School Students Who Struggle with Learning
The purpose of this study was to examine a reading initiative that was implemented with struggling 9<sup>th</sup> grade regular education students at a high school in northern Virginia. Pre and post tests of the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test (SDRT), 4<sup>th</sup> Edition, were used to measure …
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The Effect of an Elective Independent Reading Program on Reading Scores and Interest in Reading in the Ninth Grade at Kurtz Junior High School, Des Moines, Iowa
… young people in today's society do not enjoy reading books as a leisure time activity, possibly because of methods of teaching or treating reading in the schools today. Independent reading classes are an attempt to overcome resistance to reading. The purpose of this study was to determine …
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Effects of Controlled Reading Reinforcement on Junior High Students
… theory works in a junior high school reading class.
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Using journal writing to evoke critical thinking skills of students in teacher education
… skills of college students enrolled in a reading methods course at a small college in southern West Virginia. Case studies were used to describe the critical thinking skills used by the four participating students. Each of the six writing assignments was developed to elicit as many …
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The effect of journal writing on the reading comprehension and the metacognitive awareness of college students
… journal writing without dialogue, and regular classroom instruction on the reading comprehension of college students enrolled in a developmental reading class. Also, the effect of the journal writing on the college students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategies was investigated.The …
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Third-grade evaluators thrive as readers
… in portfolios, as well as the influence of the classroom community on goal setting. Using observation, co-teaching, and group and individual interviews, I documented the new roles students adopted as they became better evaluators of their learning needs and took a more active role in planning …
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Use of the Audio Visual Tactile Treatment on Disabled Readers in Grades Three and Four : Its Effect on Word Recognition, Silent Reading Comprehension, and Attitude Towards Reading
… fourth-grade disabled readers in three areas of reading: word-recognition skills , silent-reading comprehension skills , and attitude towards reading. Procedures A Quasi-Experimental Pretest-Posttest Nonequivalent Group Design was used. The subjects were 87 students in grades 3 and 4 with at …