Browsing by Subject "Reading"
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Impact of Online Reading on Mean Arterial Blood Pressure and Heart Rate
(Journal of Advanced Student Sciences (JASS), 2019-05-08)Online reading has become a preference for many college students as technology has become easier to use and more advanced compared to reading books and paper-based copies. However, there may be implications from reading ... -
The mindful approach to reading engagement and achievement
(2020-05)A quasi-experimental comparison study took place over the course of six weeks in a special education resource room in a rural Wisconsin school district. The purpose of the study was to determine the potential benefits ... -
Mindful Reading
(2018-12)According to recent research, an increasing number of elementary students are experiencing stress and anxiety both inside and outside of the classroom. This study focused on the effects of proactively managing stress and ... -
Phonemic awareness and its relationship to reading achievement
(1998-05)The purpose of this paper was to review the literature regarding the relationship of phonemic awareness to reading achievement. The literature indicates that there are several levels of phonemic awareness that include such ... -
Pre-literacy 12-24 months: what behaviors demonstrate engagement and what strategies support increased engagement?
(2012-08-29)When adults indulge in a good book, it is because it captures his or her interest in some shape or form. The same is true for 12-24 month-olds. A book may capture the interest of a child for a particular reason. When this ... -
Reading resource center activities
(1980-08)The intent of this project was to develop a series of learning activities correlated to reading. The activities are intended to be used by students in grades two, three, and four. These reading games, techniques, and ... -
Scaffolded Silent Reading: More Effective than Sustained Silent Reading?
(2016-12-20)The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of Scaffolded Silent Reading on third grade students’ reading comprehension and fluency. During Scaffolded Silent Reading participants read independently and silently ... -
Self-efficacy and performance in English language learners
(2005-04)Previous researchers have indicated that the perceived self-efficacy level in students may have an effect on their performance and achievement. In this study, the relationship between self-efficacy and the performance of ... -
Spelling Programs: Basal Spelling, StoryTown, As Compared To Developmental Spelling, Words Their Way
(2014-01)This study used historical data from a northern Minnesota first grade classroom that used two instructional programs, StoryTown and Words Their Way. The data, determined as pre- and post- test data, that was collected ... -
Superintendent Characteristics and Their Relationship to Student Achievement in Reading and Mathematics
(2016-01)The relationship between superintendent longevity and student achievement has been variably shown in numerous states to have a positive correlation or no correlation. The goal of this study was to provide additional ... -
To what degree will learning to use context clues impact students' reading comprehension scores?
(2011-12-22)Teachers of English Learners (EL) are continually looking for ways to improve their students' reading comprehension. This action research focuses on improving learners' English reading comprehension by teaching students ... -
To What Extent Do Teacher Directed Journal Prompts and Other Various Teacher Modeled Writing Exercises Affect the Writing Abilities of Ninth Grade Students at Superior High School?
(2014-12)A ninth-grade general education class at Superior High School, in Superior, Wisconsin, was used to discover to what extent using journal writing and other teacher modeled writing exercises affected the general writing ... -
The Turning Wheel – A Theory for Reading : Ideology, Psychoanalysis, and Henry V
(2022-04)When we read any text, it is often difficult to extract a sense of universality. “Truth” is frequently elusive as it is always caught up in the biases of our own gaze. Critics enjoy claiming what they “discover” in a text, ... -
Using Universal Reading Achievement Data to Study the Effects of a Summer School Reading Program with Elementary Students in a Northern Wisconsin School District
(2014-12)Summer slide in reading creates a substantial, cumulative gap over the school years. Attendance at summer school is an intervention that can help prevent students from summer slide in reading. It was hypothesized that ... -
What are the benefits of using questioning to scaffold critical thinking skills in literacy in the kindergarten classroom?
(2013-05-06)The purpose of this action research study is to examine ways to teach, model, guide and scaffold critical thinking mainly through questioning, so that all levels of learners can be immersed and engaged in meaningful, ... -
What is the Effect of Interactive Technology on Student Interest in Literacy Activities?
(2013-05-17)Examining the effects interactive technology may have on the motivation of adolescent students to read, write, and discuss assigned texts in the English classroom may reveal to educators how 21st century technology can be ...