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Brown, David W., Jr.; Albers, Peggy – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2014
How do fifth-grade students in a gifted class construct understandings of the opposite sex? In what ways do these constructions manifest in the visual texts created in literacy and language arts classrooms? This qualitative study integrated visual arts to understand how fifth-grade gifted students represented and perceived gender roles. Using…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Grade 5, Academically Gifted, Qualitative Research
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Quemart, Pauline; Casalis, Severine; Duncan, Lynne G. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2012
We examined whether French third- and fifth-grade children rely on morphemes when recognizing words and whether this reliance depends on word familiarity. We manipulated the presence of bases and suffixes in words and pseudowords to compare their contribution in a lexical decision task. Both bases and suffixes facilitated word reading accuracy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 5
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Gentry, James E.; Lindsey, Pam – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2008
Vocabulary acquisition traditionally has been a struggle for students with special learning needs. This study involved an eleven year old fifth grade student with learning disabilities in reading and writing and limited English proficiency. Assistive technology assistance was provided from the Franklin Language Master 6000b and Microsoft's Power…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Assistive Technology, Middle School Students, Learning Disabilities