The Importance of Independent Reading

2011 ◽  
pp. 143-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Gambrell ◽  
Barbara Marinak ◽  
Heather Brooker ◽  
Heather McCrea-Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Independent Reading

Boosting Orthographic Learning During Independent Reading

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-322
Author(s):  
Anne-Mette Veber Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Independent Reading ◽  
Orthographic Learning

A Comparison of Three Instructional Approaches in Teaching the Use of the Abridged Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature

1984 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-247
Author(s):  
Stephen W. Zsiray
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Instructional Effectiveness ◽  
Independent Reading ◽  
Periodical Literature ◽  
Library Media ◽  
English Classes

The age of information is upon us and as educators we must teach students how to retrieve information. Three instructional delivery systems were compared for effectiveness in the teaching of library media information retrieval skills. These were: 1) microcomputer-based courseware, 2) lecture, and 3) independent-reading. The eighth grade English classes at the Butler Middle School were randomly selected for placement in one of the above groups. As a result of the study, the statistical analysis indicated that the microcomputer-based courseware was identical in instructional effectiveness to the lecture approach. In addition, both the microcomputer-based and the lecture approach were more effective than the independent-reading method.

scholarly journals Young readers’ skill in learning spellings and meanings of words during independent reading

2019 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
S. Hélène Deacon ◽  
Catherine Mimeau ◽  
Sheila Cira Chung ◽  
Xi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Independent Reading ◽  
Young Readers

Moving eyes on pictures following visual grammar benefits meaning making: 
Evidence from the independent reading of Chinese preschool children

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Linhui Li ◽  
Cortazzi Martin ◽  
Liu Baogen ◽  
Gao Xiaomei
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Eye Movement ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Independent Reading ◽  
Storybook Reading ◽  
Visual Variables ◽  
Eye Fixations

Children focus on pictures during storybook reading, thus, investigating children’s eye movement on the pictures of storybooks may implicate how they make meaning during the process. However, very few studies have examined this issue. In this study, an experiment tracking children’s eye movement with Tobii T60 was implemented for 115 children aged from 3 to 6 years, and data were analyzed based within a framework of the theory of ‘Visual Grammar’. The results showed: first, children at age of three to six years clustered their eye fixations on ‘participants’ in pictures, which are informative regions for meaning making. Second, linguistic and visual variables all affect how soon, for how long and how many times they fixated on the participants. Third, children pay attention to participants, especially to those which have relationships representing actions: this is better for children to make meaning from pictures.

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