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ERIC Number: EJ592805
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
Teaching Comprehension through Literature: A Teacher-Research Project To Develop Fifth Graders' Reading Strategies and Motivation.
Baumann, James F.; Hooten, Helene; White, Patricia
Reading Teacher, v53 n1 p38-51 Sep 1999
Describes a year-long teacher action-research study involving fifth graders that used trade books to teach students various reading-comprehension strategies. Finds that students retained and transferred strategy learning to other texts and contexts; valued reading more and reported reading more; and demonstrated enhanced appreciation for books and literature. (SR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Childrens Literature, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Literature Appreciation, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Motivation, Reading Strategies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Trade Books