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50 Years of ERIC
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The Effectiveness of SSR: An Overview of the Research.
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Wiesendanger, Katherine D.; Birlem, Ellen D. – Reading Horizons, 1984
Reviews research concerning sustained silent reading and lists factors that are important in determining whether such a reading program is successful. (FL)
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Durkin Revisited.
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Wiesendanger, Katherine D. – Reading Horizons, 1986
A replication of D. Durkin's classic study of comprehension instruction reveals that the study has had profound effects on the way reading is now taught. (FL)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
SSR: Its Effects on Students' Reading Habits after They Complete the Program.
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Wiesendanger, Katherine D.; Bader, Lois – Reading Horizons, 1989
Studies the effect of sustained silent reading (SSR) on recreational reading habits after termination of instruction. Finds that SSR students read more than those not in the program, and that SSR has no impact on above average readers, great impact on average readers, and little impact on below average readers. (RS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness
A Critical Look at the Reading Approaches and Grouping Patterns Currently Used in the Primary Grades.
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Wiesendanger, Katherine D.; Birlem, Ellen – Reading Horizons, 1981
Reports that (1) the most common organizational pattern used by teachers for reading instruction is to divide the class into three subgroups and (2) students rarely move from one group to another. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Primary Education, Reading Instruction
A Summary of Studies Related to the Effect of Question Placement on Reading Comprehension.
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Wiesendanger, Katherine D.; And Others – Reading Horizons, 1982
Reviews 22 studies dealing with the effect of question placement on reading comprehension. Shows that 10 favored and 12 opposed the use of prequestions. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Cooperative Grouping in Literacy Instruction.
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Wiesendanger, Katherine D.; Bader, Lois – Reading Horizons, 1992
Describes numerous ways cooperative or collaborative grouping can be implemented in classroom literacy instruction. Explains how the transition may be made to cooperative grouping. Shows how the process can be adopted to reading and writing instruction. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)