Download or read book The Effectiveness of a Balanced Reading Program on Student Reading Achievement written by Lee Anna Gibson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a balanced reading approach to enhance student reading achievement. Test scores from third grade students instructed in a balanced reading program were compared to test scores from third grade students instructed using an Accelerate Reader (AR) program.
Download or read book The Impact of a Balanced Reading Basal on Third grade Reading Achievement written by Windy Dorsey and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A student’s ability to acquire reading skills plays a critical role in ensuring a student’s success in life. Therefore, students reading below grade level can be cause for alarm. Students who attended third grade in a Title I school district demonstrated a lack of proficiency in balanced reading based on formative and summative assessments. As a result, the district adopted a reading basal program in 2013; however, the effectiveness of the program on third-grade students’ achievement had not been examined. This convergent parallel mixed-method study sought to determine if the reading program increased third-grade student achievement. The research questions of the study examined the reading achievement scores of third-grade students and the effectiveness of McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders. Significant differences were observed when a paired sample t test measured progress on the Reading 3D composite, Text Reading Comprehension, and North Carolina Beginning of Grade/North Carolina End of Grade from the beginning of the year to the end of year. Responses from a teacher survey and interviews provided descriptive quantitative and qualitative data that revealed teacher perceptions of McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders basal program and the impact on student achievement. Qualitative responses were reviewed and analyzed for common themes. The overall findings suggest that McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders had a positive effect on student reading achievement. The findings of this study can be used to help educators make data-driven decisions about utilization of balanced reading programs in the classroom.
Download or read book Reading Instruction That Works Fourth Edition written by Michael Pressley and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely adopted text and K-8 practitioner resource demonstrates how successful literacy teachers combine explicit skills instruction with an emphasis on reading for meaning. Distinguished researcher Richard L. Allington builds on the late Michael Pressley's work to explain the theories and findings that guide balanced teaching and illustrate what exemplary lessons look like in action. Detailed examples offer a window into highly motivating classrooms around the country. Comprehensive in scope, the book discusses specific ways to build word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, especially for readers who are struggling. New to This Edition *Updated throughout to reflect important recent research advances. *Chapter summing up the past century's reading debates and the growing acceptance of balanced teaching. *New and revised vignettes of exemplary teachers.
Download or read book This Is Balanced Literacy Grades K 6 written by Douglas Fisher and published by Corwin. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the tips and tools you need to realize the goal of balanced literacy learning. Students learn to read and write best when their teachers balance literacy instruction. Best-selling authors Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Nancy Akhavan help you strike the right balance of skills and knowledge, reading and writing, small and whole group instruction, and direct and dialogic instruction, so that all students can learn to their maximum potential. Using this essential guide, tap your intuition, collaborate with your peers, and put the research-based strategies embedded within to work in your classroom for a strong and successful balanced literacy program.
Download or read book Reading first impact study written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Implementing the Cafe Balanced Literacy Model on Student Achievement in Guided Reading Class written by Mollie K. Jenks and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper explores the effectiveness of a guided reading program called Cafe, intended for upper-elementary aged students. The structure for this reading framework included minimal whole group instruction and more student choice, which is key when working with this age group and when developing the four key areas of student reading: comprehension, accuracy fluency, expanding vocabulary. Focus was put in particular on its impact on student achievement in those four areas. The overall efficiency of independent work times or seatwork for ten and eleven years olds during a literacy lock was also investigated, where behavior management can be an issue because interest and focus can get lost quickly. Cafe is a student-driven, flexible groupings management structure designed to fully engage students in reading and writing. It is intended to be the umbrella under which the literacy curriculum falls for each day. It allows all children to do meaningful work independently as work in small groups is occurring. During the independent work sessions teachers are able to conference one-o-one to provide individual instruction and conduct small guided reading groups. Through lessons and guided practice, gradually behaviors are cultivated that can be trusted and anticipated. Choice and gaining independence are highly motivational and puts children in charge of their learning, which is a huge skill that we try and instill in upper elementary grades. The research that was conducted proved that this format provided the structure that nurtured reading growth for all students, at all levels.
Download or read book Guided Reading written by Irene C. Fountas and published by Heinemann Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the richest, most comprehensive guided reading resource available today and the first systematic offering of instructional support for guided reading adherents.
Download or read book Put Reading First written by Bennie Armbruster and published by DIANE Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide was designed by teachers for teachers, & summarizes what researchers have discovered about how to successfully teach children to read. It describes the findings of the 2000 National Reading Panel Report & provides analysis & discussion in five areas of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, & text comprehension. Each section defines the skill, reviews the evidence from research, suggests implications for classroom instruction, describes proven strategies for teaching reading skills, & addresses frequently raised questions. Illustrations.
Download or read book Whole Language Lives On written by Louisa Cook Moats and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This position paper contends that the whole language approach to reading instruction has been disproved by research and evaluation but still pervades textbooks for teachers, instructional materials for classroom use, some states' language-arts standards and other policy documents, teacher licensing requirements and preparation programs, and the professional context in which teachers work. The paper finds that many who pledge allegiance to "balanced reading" continue to misunderstand reading development and to deliver "poorly conceived, ineffective reading instruction." It argues that "rooting out whole language" from reading classrooms calls for effort on eight separate fronts. The paper describes what whole language is, why it is contradicted by scientific studies, how it continues in education, and what should be done to correct the situation. (Contains a glossary and 57 notes.) (NKA)
Download or read book How to End the Reading War and Serve the Literacy Needs of All Students written by P. L. Thomas and published by IAP. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century Reading War is, in fact, nothing new, but some of the details are unique to our current culture driven by social media. This volume seeks to examine the current Reading War in the context of the historical recurrence of public and political debates around student reading abilities and achievement. Grounded in a media fascination with the “science of reading” and fueled by a rise in advocates for students with dyslexia, the current Reading War has resulted in some deeply troubling reading policy, grade retention and intensive phonics programs. This primer for parents, policy makers, and people who care confronts some of the most compelling but misunderstood aspects of teaching reading in the U.S. while also offering a way toward ending the Reading War in order to serve all students, regardless of their needs. The revised/expanded 2nd edition adds developments around the “science of reading,” including the expanding impact on state policy and legislation as well as robust additions to the research base around teaching students to read.
Download or read book The Science of Reading written by Margaret J. Snowling and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Science of Reading: A Handbook brings together state-of-the-art reviews of reading research from leading names in the field, to create a highly authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills. Provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, including theoretical approaches, reading processes, stage models of reading, cross-linguistic studies of reading, reading difficulties, the biology of reading, and reading instruction Divided into seven sections:Word Recognition Processes in Reading; Learning to Read and Spell; Reading Comprehension; Reading in Different Languages; Disorders of Reading and Spelling; Biological Bases of Reading; Teaching Reading Edited by well-respected senior figures in the field
Download or read book Why Johnny Can t Read written by Rudolf Flesch and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic book on phonics--the method of teaching recommended by the U.S. Department of Education. Contains complete materials and instructions on teaching children to read at home.
Download or read book How to End the Reading War and Serve the Literacy Needs of All Students written by P. L. Thomas and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century Reading War is, in fact, nothing new, but some of the details are unique to our current culture driven by social media. This volume seeks to examine the current Reading War in the context of the historical recurrence of public and political debates around student reading abilities and achievement. Grounded in a media fascination with the “science of reading” and fueled by a rise in advocates for students with dyslexia, the current Reading War has resulted in some deeply troubling reading policy, grade retention and intensive phonics programs. This primer for parents, policy makers, and people who care confronts some of the most compelling but misunderstood aspects of teaching reading in the U.S. while also offering a way toward ending the Reading War in order to serve all students, regardless of their needs.
Download or read book The Achievement Gap in Reading written by Rosalind Horowitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume prominent scholars, experts in their respective fields and highly skilled in the research they conduct, address educational and reading research from varied perspectives and address what it will take to close the achievement gap—with specific attention to reading. The achievement gap is redefined as a level at which all groups can compete economically in our society and have the literacy tools and habits needed for a good life. Bringing valuable theoretical frameworks and in-depth analytical approaches to interpretation of data, the contributors examine factors that contribute to student achievement inside the school but which are also heavily influenced by out-of-school factors—such as poverty and economics, ethnicity and culture, family and community stratifications, and approaches to measurement of achievement. These out-of-school factors present possibilities for new policies and practice. The overarching theme is that achievement gaps in reading are complex and that multiple perspectives are necessary to address the problem. The breadth and depth of perspectives and content in this volume and its conceptualization of the achievement gap are a significant contribution to the field.
Download or read book Report of the National Reading Panel written by National Reading Panel (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reading Fluency written by Timothy Rasinski and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading fluency has been identified as a key component of proficient reading. Research has consistently demonstrated significant and substantial correlations between reading fluency and overall reading achievement. Despite the great potential for fluency to have a significant outcome on students’ reading achievement, it continues to be not well understood by teachers, school administrators and policy makers. The chapters in this volume examine reading fluency from a variety of perspectives. The initial chapter sketches the history of fluency as a literacy instruction component. Following chapters examine recent studies and approaches to reading fluency, followed by chapters that explore actual fluency instruction models and the impact of fluency instruction. Assessment of reading fluency is critical for monitoring progress and identifying students in need of intervention. Two articles on assessment, one focused on word recognition and the other on prosody, expand our understanding of fluency measurement. Finally, a study from Turkey explores the relationship of various reading competencies, including fluency, in an integrated model of reading. Our hope for this volume is that it may spark a renewed interest in research into reading fluency and fluency instruction and move toward making fluency instruction an even more integral part of all literacy instruction.
Download or read book Advancing Reading Achievement written by David W. Collins and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
