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50 Years of ERIC
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Moser, Gary P.; Sudweeks, Richard R.; Morrison, Timothy G.; Wilcox, Brad – Reading Psychology, 2014
This study examined ratings of fourth graders' oral reading expression. Randomly assigned participants (n = 36) practiced repeated readings using narrative or informational passages for 7 weeks. After this period raters used the "Multidimensional Fluency Scale" (MFS) on two separate occasions to rate students' expressive…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Oral Reading, Reading Skills, Suprasegmentals
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Clark, Rachel; Morrison, Timothy G.; Wilcox, Brad – Reading Psychology, 2009
This study examines the process of fluency development of three fourth-grade readers of varying reading abilities. Participants were selected based on the number of words they read correctly per minute (WCPM) on the Qualitative Reading Inventory and their score on the Multidimensional Fluency Scale (MFS). Students participated in an 8-week…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Reading Rate
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Morrison, Timothy G.; Wilcox, Brad – Reading Psychology, 2008
This study extended the work of three previous studies that compared the scholarly productivity of faculty members in universities as represented in nine literacy journals. The top 25 universities were identified and this study shows that several institutions have remained consistent through the years as those that produce the largest amount of…
Descriptors: Productivity, Scholarship, Universities, Reading Research
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Reutzel, D. Ray; Fawson, Parker C.; Young, Janet R.; Morrison, Timothy G.; Wilcox, Brad – Reading Psychology, 2003
Examines how concepts-about-print knowledge interacted with other traditional measures of print knowledge, to affect children's reading environmental print in context and out. Demonstrates that concepts-about-print and word recognition were the most reliable discriminators between children who could accurately and consistently read environmental…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Student Attitudes
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Pollington, Mary F.; Wilcox, Brad; Morrison, Timothy G. – Reading Psychology, 2001
Compares the self-perception (specifically in terms of writing) of fourth- and fifth-grade students whose teachers used a writing workshop approach with that of students whose teachers used a traditional approach. Suggests that individual teachers are more important than strategies or approaches in affecting the writer self-perception of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Jacobs, James S.; Morrison, Timothy G.; Swinyard, William R. – Reading Psychology, 2000
Determines how often 1,874 elementary teachers read to their students. Reports how many of the last 10 school days they read to their students. Concludes that teachers reading aloud to students is a practice that is more common in primary-grade classrooms than in the intermediate grades, and that older teachers read less often to their students…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers