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  1. Improving Reading Skills Through Effective Reading Strategies

    Therefore this study aims to study the effective reading strategies in order to improve reading skills in language classes. The study is an action research applied to a number of 14 students in an ...

  2. (PDF) Reading skill

    Reading skill is an instrument to facilitate the communicative fluency in each of. Reiss (1983) contends that "the more our students read, the more they become familiar with the. figurative and ...

  3. The Effectiveness of Reading Strategies on Reading Comprehension

    research paper. R EFERENCES [1] R. Anderson, E. Hiebert, ... In this article, maharah al-qiro'ah was discussed, which focused on reading skills and also text understanding. Primary data sources in ...

  4. Improving Reading Skills Through Effective Reading Strategies

    The research question is, The purpose of this study was to analyze the improvement of the students reading skills after they have taken presentations on reading strategies. 712 Hülya KüçükoÄŸlu / Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 70 ( 2013 ) 709 â€" 714 3.Method Reading proficiency is the most fundamental skill for ...

  5. Reading Comprehension Research: Implications for Practice and Policy

    Reading comprehension is one of the most complex behaviors in which humans engage. Reading theorists have grappled with how to comprehensively and meaningfully portray reading comprehension and many different theoretical models have been proposed in recent decades (McNamara & Magliano, 2009; Perfetti & Stafura, 2014).These models range from broad theoretical models depicting the relationships ...

  6. PDF Reading Difficulty and Development of Fluent Reading Skills: An ...

    The two most important skills that affect fluent reading are word recognition and vocabulary knowledge. The inadequacy of these skills negatively affects the reading skills of the students compared to their peers. Inadequacies in reading skills cause students to fall behind in terms of achievement in both reading and other fields.

  7. Full article: A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading

    Introduction. Being able to read is a foundational skill: it enables participation in education and society, it improves health outcomes and supports engagement in cultural and democratic processes (Castles et al., Citation 2018).It is therefore unsurprising that teaching of reading is seen across the world as both an educational and public health priority (Progress in International Literacy ...

  8. PDF A Study on the Development of Reading Skills of the Students Having

    research shows that almost 30-35% of students in America and England experience difficulties in reading (Blanton, Wood &Taylor, 2007; Exley, 2007; National Council on ... improve the reading skills of students having reading difficulties through an enrichment reading program. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education Vol.6, Issue ...

  9. The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction

    Decades of research offer important understandings about the nature of comprehension and its development. Drawing on both classic and contemporary research, in this article, we identify some key understandings about reading comprehension processes and instruction, including these: Comprehension instruction should begin early, teaching word-reading and bridging skills (including ...

  10. Evidence-based reading interventions for English language learners: A

    Discussion. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to explore the effects of reading interventions for ELLs and to identify research-based characteristics of effective reading interventions for enhancing their reading ability. To achieve this goal, this study tried to determine the answers to two research questions.

  11. The Use of New Technologies for Improving Reading Comprehension

    The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. ... Improving reading skills of students with disabilities using headsprout comprehension. Remed. Spec. Educ. 35, 356-365. doi: 10. ... P. A. (2017). Reading on paper and ...

  12. How Reading Motivation and Engagement Enable Reading Achievement

    Research on reading motivation and engagement can inform policy aimed at improving reading achievement. Multiple dimensions of reading motivation and engagement—and instructional practices for bolstering each one—draw on interventions for students of diverse language and ethnic backgrounds in elementary and middle grade classrooms.

  13. Reading Comprehension Research: Implications for Practice and Policy

    reading comprehension, instruction, theory, practice, policy. 4Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6(1) In this article, we briefly review the theoretical and empir - ical research in comprehension and consider the reasons for stagnant scores in reading comprehension in the United States. In the first part of the article, we ...

  14. Critical reading in higher education: A systematic review

    The relationship between critical reading and other essential skills for undergraduates, such as critical thinking, problem-solving, or translation, is the second most frequently discussed topic in research on critical reading in higher education, accounting for 13.17 percent of all critical reading publications analyzed in this review over the ...

  15. Teaching reading skills in EFL classes: Practice and procedures

    2.2.1. Pre-reading phase. According to Williams (Citation 1984), the pre-phase of reading tries to introduce and arouse interest in the topic, motivate learners by giving a reason for reading, and provide some language preparation for the text.Correspondingly, Hedge (Citation 2000) explains that the pre-reading phase as one of the major responses to increasing insights about the role of ...

  16. How the Science of Reading Informs 21st‐Century Education

    The science of reading should be informed by an evolving evidence base built upon the scientific method. Decades of basic research and randomized controlled trials of interventions and instructional routines have formed a substantial evidence base to guide best practices in reading instruction, reading intervention, and the early identification of at-risk readers.

  17. A comprehensive review of research on reading ...

    Additionally, text structures and types (e.g., narratives, expository, research papers) affect readers' comprehension processes and selection of comprehension strategies (Kucan and Beck, 1996; ... and skills on L2 reading. In these studies, participants' L1 was considered as a stronger language, whereas English (L2) was developing.

  18. COVID-19 Pandemic and Student Reading Achievement: Findings From a

    1 Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS), TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany; 2 Department of Educational Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on education worldwide. There is increased discussion of possible negative effects on students' learning outcomes and the need for targeted support.

  19. Computer-Based Development of Reading Skills to Reduce Dropout in

    1.2. Computer-Based Development of Reading Skills. Computer-assisted education in schools has been around since the 1980s and was identified by Barley et al. as an effective tool for improving performance among at-risk students.Numerous studies have demonstrated the benefits and success of technology-based development programs (Sivin-Kachala and Bialo 2000; Barley et al. 2002; van Scoter and ...

  20. PDF Improving Students' Reading Skills Through

    students' reading skills. Reading is one of the four skills which needs to be learned besides listening, speaking, and writing. Reading has the considerable role in the language teaching to strengthen the skills which are acquired by the students in listening, speaking, and writing (Maxom, 2009: 139). Reading skill affects the other skills ...

  21. (PDF) A Study on the Development of Reading Skills of the Students

    The aim of this study is to improve the reading skills of the students having difficulty in reading through an enrichment reading program. The current study was conducted by means of onesubject ...

  22. PDF How to Read a Paper

    Researchers spend a great deal of time reading research pa-pers. However, this skill is rarely taught, leading to much wasted e ort. This article outlines a practical and e cient three-pass method for reading research papers. I also de-scribe how to use this method to do a literature survey. Categories and Subject Descriptors: A.1 [Introductory

  23. Research on Motivation, Literacy and Reading Development: A Review of

    The public library as a space and place that motivates kids to enjoy reading can lead to a lifelong love of learning. In summer 2023, IMLS commissioned a review of research literature that examines the effects of motivation to read and within reading programs in communities and, particularly, public libraries.

  24. Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper

    Below are recommendations on how to read each section of a research paper effectively. Note that the sections to read are out of order from how you will find them organized in a journal article or research paper. 1. Abstract. The abstract summarizes the background, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions of a scholarly article or research ...