This study was conducted as an experimental pilot to evaluate a new reading comprehension curriculum, Rocky River Reading, for students in a local after school program. The participants were 50 second through sixth grade students from a variety of soc . . .

This study presents a comparison of two instructional approaches, 6 + 1 Traits Writing and Interactive Editing in a seventh grade social science class over a two week period. The comparison was conducted in order to measure students' achievement in re . . .

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between oral reading rate and comprehension of printed material and the relationship between oral reading rate and competency in reading sub-skills, using fifth-grade students. Oral reading . . .

This study utilized a single subject changing criteria design to evaluate the effect of the Reading Recovery methodology as a measurement and intervention tool for three students diagnosed with mild to moderate disabilities. After baseline reading . . .

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between oral reading rate and comprehension and the relationship between oral reading rate and competency in reading sub-skills, using first grade students. Oral reading rate was measured as . . .

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect a verbal stimulus had on oral and silent reading rate and comprehension. Specifically, this study analyzed and compared the effect a verbal stimulus had upon 136 second grade children. These . . .

The concern of this study is to determine whether practice in the cloze procedure can be used as an effective teaching technique to aid elementary school children develop comprehension skills.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the Active Collaborative Teaching (ACT) model on reading comprehension in a third grade classroom. This study examined the effects of creative dramatics by means of the ACT pedagogy on students’ . . .

This action research project was designed to meet the academic needs of a group of students with learning disabilities in a rural education setting. The study focused on the effects of three comprehension gestures on the students’ reading comprehensio . . .

English language learners (ELLs) make up an increasingly large population of students in the United States. While many ELLs come to school with little background in the English language, No Child Left Behind (2001) mandates that they demonstrate grade . . .