ABSTRACT Five teams of researchers observed literacy instruction in 28 first-grade classrooms in ... more ABSTRACT Five teams of researchers observed literacy instruction in 28 first-grade classrooms in diverse settings across five states. At each site, they observed teachers who had been identified by administrators as outstanding or typical, and they noted how each teacher taught and the literacy achievements of the students in each class. Based on student academic engagement and classroom literacy performances, the most effective and least effective teachers in each locale were selected and their instruction further analyzed.
Children were taught to be strategic and to monitor their success while searching for information... more Children were taught to be strategic and to monitor their success while searching for information in text. In the first study, 180 children were randomly assigned to receive strategy instruction with monitoring, strategy instruction only, or no instruction. Grade 3 children who were taught the strategy without monitoring instruction were more successful than control children, whereas Grade 4 and Grade 5 students benefitted from instruction only when they were also encouraged to monitor their performance. In the second study, Grade 3 and ...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of the most widely used literacy instruction... more The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of the most widely used literacy instructional approaches on the reading comprehension of Grade 26 students. Participants (N = 660) were enrolled in 4 districts in the United States; 53% were male (n = 348) and 47% were ...
We have learned that highly skilled readers use similar thought processes before, during, and aft... more We have learned that highly skilled readers use similar thought processes before, during, and after reading. They (a) adjust a reading goal according to their level of prior knowledge, (b) think strategically, (c) follow their intentions to the end of a passage, (d) monitor their ...
22 Research on Instruction and Assessment in the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension D... more 22 Research on Instruction and Assessment in the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension DONALD J. LEU, JULIE COIRO, JILL CASTEK, DOUGLAS K. HARTMAN, LAURIE A. HENRY, and DAVID REINKING The knowledge economy is about how the new ...
Five teams of researchers observed literacy instruction in 28 first-grade classrooms in diverse s... more Five teams of researchers observed literacy instruction in 28 first-grade classrooms in diverse settings across five states. At each site, they observed teachers who had been identified by administrators as outstanding or typical, and they noted how each teacher taught and the literacy achievements of the students in each class. Based on student academic engagement and classroom literacy performances, the most effective and least effective teachers in each locale were selected and their instruction further analyzed. The ...
ABSTRACT Five teams of researchers observed literacy instruction in 28 first-grade classrooms in ... more ABSTRACT Five teams of researchers observed literacy instruction in 28 first-grade classrooms in diverse settings across five states. At each site, they observed teachers who had been identified by administrators as outstanding or typical, and they noted how each teacher taught and the literacy achievements of the students in each class. Based on student academic engagement and classroom literacy performances, the most effective and least effective teachers in each locale were selected and their instruction further analyzed.
Children were taught to be strategic and to monitor their success while searching for information... more Children were taught to be strategic and to monitor their success while searching for information in text. In the first study, 180 children were randomly assigned to receive strategy instruction with monitoring, strategy instruction only, or no instruction. Grade 3 children who were taught the strategy without monitoring instruction were more successful than control children, whereas Grade 4 and Grade 5 students benefitted from instruction only when they were also encouraged to monitor their performance. In the second study, Grade 3 and ...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of the most widely used literacy instruction... more The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of the most widely used literacy instructional approaches on the reading comprehension of Grade 26 students. Participants (N = 660) were enrolled in 4 districts in the United States; 53% were male (n = 348) and 47% were ...
We have learned that highly skilled readers use similar thought processes before, during, and aft... more We have learned that highly skilled readers use similar thought processes before, during, and after reading. They (a) adjust a reading goal according to their level of prior knowledge, (b) think strategically, (c) follow their intentions to the end of a passage, (d) monitor their ...
22 Research on Instruction and Assessment in the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension D... more 22 Research on Instruction and Assessment in the New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension DONALD J. LEU, JULIE COIRO, JILL CASTEK, DOUGLAS K. HARTMAN, LAURIE A. HENRY, and DAVID REINKING The knowledge economy is about how the new ...
Five teams of researchers observed literacy instruction in 28 first-grade classrooms in diverse s... more Five teams of researchers observed literacy instruction in 28 first-grade classrooms in diverse settings across five states. At each site, they observed teachers who had been identified by administrators as outstanding or typical, and they noted how each teacher taught and the literacy achievements of the students in each class. Based on student academic engagement and classroom literacy performances, the most effective and least effective teachers in each locale were selected and their instruction further analyzed. The ...
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