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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.
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 classrooms of the most effective teachers were characterized by high academic engagement, excellent classroom management, positive reinforcement and cooperation, explicit teaching of skills, an emphasis on literature, much reading and writing, matching of task demands to student competence, encouragement of student self-regulation, and strong cross-curricular connections. The lowest achieving students in these classrooms outperformed their peers in more typical classrooms on several measures.
The Reading Teacher, 2008
The Reading Teacher, 2004
Effective think-alouds can build students' comprehension, decoding, vocabulary, and fluency.
Scientific Studies of Reading, 2001
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 ...
Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
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 ...
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2007
The Reading Teacher, 2004
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 ...
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2008
Purpose: To present the differential diagnosis of paradoxical vocal fold movement (PVFM) and its ... more Purpose: To present the differential diagnosis of paradoxical vocal fold movement (PVFM) and its distinguishing features. Methods: The authors provide an overview of PVFM by drawing from 30 years of clinical and research experience, and relating that experience to literature in this area. Conclusion: PVFM is characterized by inappropriate adduction of the vocal folds during inspiration. PVFM is an uncommon and sometimes confusing cause of airway obstruction.
… based best practices, 2008
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 ...
Retrieved …, 1998
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 ...
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Sep 1, 2006
Reading Research Quarterly, 2008
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.
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 classrooms of the most effective teachers were characterized by high academic engagement, excellent classroom management, positive reinforcement and cooperation, explicit teaching of skills, an emphasis on literature, much reading and writing, matching of task demands to student competence, encouragement of student self-regulation, and strong cross-curricular connections. The lowest achieving students in these classrooms outperformed their peers in more typical classrooms on several measures.
The Reading Teacher, 2008
The Reading Teacher, 2004
Effective think-alouds can build students' comprehension, decoding, vocabulary, and fluency.
Scientific Studies of Reading, 2001
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 ...
Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
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 ...
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2007
The Reading Teacher, 2004
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 ...
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2008
Purpose: To present the differential diagnosis of paradoxical vocal fold movement (PVFM) and its ... more Purpose: To present the differential diagnosis of paradoxical vocal fold movement (PVFM) and its distinguishing features. Methods: The authors provide an overview of PVFM by drawing from 30 years of clinical and research experience, and relating that experience to literature in this area. Conclusion: PVFM is characterized by inappropriate adduction of the vocal folds during inspiration. PVFM is an uncommon and sometimes confusing cause of airway obstruction.
… based best practices, 2008
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 ...
Retrieved …, 1998
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 ...
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Sep 1, 2006
Reading Research Quarterly, 2008