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Direct linkSara Lisa Avrit – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Through a descriptive multiple-case study, the researcher explored the phenomenon of how beginning teachers in one rural, northeast Texas school district implement content-area reading strategies at the secondary level. What I Know-What I Want to Know-What I Learned (KWL), Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA),…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Education, Reading Instruction
Download full textArdhian, Trio; Ummah, Inayatul; Anafiah, Siti; Rachmadtullah, Reza – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
This study aims to determine the effect of reading and critical thinking techniques on students' reading comprehension skills. This study uses quantitative research methods with experimental methods with treatment with a 2 x 2 level design with 40 samples. The data used analysis variance and continued with Tukey and Least Square Differences (LSD)…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Critical Thinking, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension
Chaemsai, Rungruedee; Rattanavich, Saowalak – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study compares the English reading comprehension and ethical awareness of 7th grade students, when using either a directed reading-thinking activity (DR-TA), or a more traditional approach, involving tales of virtue based on His Majesty the King's teaching concepts. A randomized control group pretest-posttest design was used for the study,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Grade 7, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedDonlan, Dan – Journal of Reading, 1975
Describes a method for teaching reluctant students to develop the skills necessary to read a play. (RB)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Drama, Guidelines, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedDavidson, Jane L. – Reading Horizons, 1982
Offers suggestions for effective use of the Directed Reading-Thinking Activity developed by R. Stauffer. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedCook, Cynthia L. – Reading World, 1974
Describes a reading lesson designed around a popular song. (RB)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Music
Robinson, Richard D. – Literacy Work, 1973
Gives the outline of a directed reading lesson and techniques for teaching reading. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Directed Reading Activity, Literacy Education, Reading
Burns, Bonnie – 1979
The traditional approach to reading in the content areas has been to teach reading skills only in reading class, usually using literature or narrative selections and expecting transfer of those skills to content texts or other expository materials. The transfer of those reading skills has been such a disappointing experience that even students who…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Junior High Schools, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedPietras, Thomas – English Journal, 1976
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Robertson, Jean – Instructor, 1974
Consultant discusses useful guidelines for using oral reading wisely. (GB)
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Oral Reading, Reading Consultants
Robertson, Jean E. – Instructor, 1973
Figurative Language can be a more effective way for authors to say what they mean, but young readers need help from teachers to ensure their understanding of these figures of speech. (Author)
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Directed Reading Activity, Figurative Language, Literary Devices
Peterson, John C. – Bus Educ Forum, 1970
Descriptors: Achievement, Creative Teaching, Directed Reading Activity, Homework
Sparber, Ilona – Australian Journal of Reading, 1981
Evaluates the characteristics common to most reading programs and offers suggestions for keeping a program a learning rather than a testing situation. (HTH)
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Cunningham, Patricia – Instructor, 1997
Presents two cross-checking activities to help K-3 students learn decoding. The cross-checking involves decoding by using the consonants in a word along with the context. Children learn to decode by thinking about two things simultaneously (what word would make sense in a sentence and the word's letters and sounds). (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Directed Reading Activity
Peer reviewedFrase, Lawrence T.; Kreitzberg, Valerie S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Directed Reading Activity, Higher Education, Learning Processes
