Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur arbetet med läsförståelse behandlas i tre läromedel i svenska för årskurs två. Utifrån syftet formulerades tre forskningsfrågor: Vilka olika läsförståelsestrategier förekommer i elevernas arbetsbok? Vilka kunskapskrav motsvarar arbetsbokens uppgifter som är kopplade till läsförståelsestrategier? Hur beskrivs lärarens roll och arbetssätt i lärarhandledningen kopplat till arbetet med läsförståelsestrategier? I studien genomfördes en innehållsanalys av läromedlen. Studien utgick från ett sociokulturellt perspektiv på lärande, vilket innebär att lärande ses som socialt och situerat där språket är ett viktigt verktyg för att utveckla kunskap. Detta perspektiv har använts i analysen med fokus på hur undervisningen beskrivs i läromedlen. Resultatet av studien visar att i två av läromedlen förekom de flesta av läsförståelsestrategierna som beskrivs i aktuell forskning. Uppgifter förekom även som tränade alla delar av kunskapskravet för årskurs tre i svenska kopplat till läsförståelse (Skolverket, 2018). I ett läromedel var fokus främst på en strategi och en del av kunskapskravet vilka var överrepresenterade i arbetsboken. Lärarens roll beskrevs på liknande sätt i alla läromedlen. Slutsatsen blir att inget läromedel är komplett och att läromedelsanalyser behövs för att veta vad undervisningen behöver kompletteras med. / The aim of this study was to investigate how reading comprehension is dealt with in three teaching materials in Swedish for grade two. Based on the aim, three research questions were formulated: What different reading comprehension strategies occur in the students' workbook? What knowledge requirements correspond to the workbook's tasks that are linked to reading comprehension strategies? How is the teacher's role and way of working described in the teacher's guide linked to the work on reading comprehension strategies? The study carried out a content analysis of the teaching materials. The study assumes from a socio-cultural perspective on learning, which means that learning is seen as social and situated where the language is an important tool for developing knowledge. This perspective has been used in the analysis with a focus on how the teaching is described in the teaching materials. The result shows that in two of the teaching materials most of the reading comprehension strategies from current research was included. Assignments also existed that trained all parts of the knowledge requirement for grade three in Swedish connected to reading comprehension (Skolverket, 2018). In one teaching material, one strategy and one part of the knowledge requirement were over-represented in the workbook. The teacher’s role was basically similarly described in all teaching materials. The conclusion is that no teaching material is complete, and that teaching materials analysis is needed, to know what the teaching needs to be supplemented with.

The purpose of this quantitative design research study for fourth grade students was to examine whether a web-based Standardized Test Preparation Intervention for reading comprehension was more effective and efficient in improving student academic achievement in reading comprehension than a paper-based Standarized Test Preparation Intervention. It was found that the paper-based reading comprehension intervention was equally effective as the web-based.

The purpose of this project was to study how Reciprocal Teaching can best serve students in a third grade classroom for reading comprehension. A curriculum was developed to help the classroom teacher find a better way to teach reading comprehension using four important reading strategies: predicting, summarzing, clarifying and questioning. Several mediated tools were developed to enhance reading comprehension with clear explanations on how to implement Reciprocal Teaching with the current curriculum and California Standards on comprehension.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

Given, on the one hand, the poor results obtained by Peruvian children in the national and international reading assessments. And on the other hand, the increased investment intechnology for schools in the country, this study aimed to develop and test an online tool to improve reading comprehension. In order to do this, the reading comprehension strategies and vocabulary activities from the research-based digital environment ICON were adapted to design the platform LEO. A total of 88 fifth graders from urban middle-to-low-income private schools from Lima participated in this quasi-experimental study, which involved acontrol group and a treatment group that participated in a 12-week teacher-mediated digital intervention. All participants were administered reading and vocabulary assessments pre and post intervention. Results revealed that students who participated in the intervention achieved higher comprehension scores for narrative texts and higher vocabulary scores than those of the control group. / Frente a los bajos resultados que los niños peruanos obtienen en las pruebas nacionales e internacionales de comprensión de lectura y tomando en consideración el aumento de inversión en tecnología en las instituciones educativas del país, el presente estudio buscó desarrollar y evaluar una herramienta virtual para mejorar la comprensión de lectura. Para ello, se adaptaron las estrategias de comprensión de lectura y ejercicios de vocabulario del entorno virtual ICON y se diseñó la plataforma LEO. Un total de 88 estudiantes de quinto grado de primaria, provenientes de colegios privados de nivel socioeconómico medio-bajo de Lima Metropolitana, participaron en este estudio cuasi-experimental, con un grupo control y un grupo que participó en la intervención digital a lo largo de 12 semanas. Todos los participantes fueron evaluados utilizando pruebas de entrada y salida de comprensión de lectura y vocabulario. Los resultados revelaron que los estudiantes que interactuaron con la plataforma LEO obtuvieron resultados significativamente más altos en la comprensión de textos narrativos y vocabulario luego de finalizada la intervención, respecto a sus puntajes al inicio de la misma y también en comparación con el grupo que no empleó la plataforma.

The purpose of this thesis is to study how four different Swedish teachers in elementary school are teaching pupils reading comprehension to develop the low-performing pupils. To investigate and find out this I intend to try to answer the following questions: What strategies / methods / support structures do the teachers consider to help the lowperforming pupils understand the content of texts? How does the teacher reflect on the support the pupils receive? What types of questions do the teachers use in the text talks to support the pupils in developing their reading skills? The research questions are answered by qualitative methods in forms of interviews and observations. The theoretical point of view of the study is Lev Vygotsky's socio-cultural perspective, where Vygotsky describes how children develop when interacting with other people. Because teachers are the ones helping pupils develop, I will investigate how the interviewed teachers are working with those pupils and whether they believe this theory helps and guides the low-performing pupils forward in the learning process. The results of the study show that all the interviewed teachers agree on that pupils develop their reading skills when interacting with more competent classmates because it increases their ability to absorb information.

The aim of the study is to increase the knowledge of how teachers in grades 1–3 describe that they organize teaching to develop students' reading comprehension and how they motivate their choices. Based on the aim, three research questions were formulated: How do teachers teach reading comprehension and reading comprehension strategies? Why do teachers teach read comprehension and reading strategies that as they do? What do teachers think is important in teaching to help students develop reading comprehension and reading comprehension strategies? The study is qualitative and the data collection method is semistructured interviews. The informants in the study comprise five competent teachers in the subject Swedish for grades 1–3. The collected material was transcribed and analyzed based on a didactic approach and a socio-cultural perspective.        The result shows that teachers teach reading comprehension and reading comprehension strategies in varying ways. They use reading aloud, reading lessons, book discussions, ”Läsfixarna”, questions and conversations, as well as working methods that allow students to help and learn from each other. The most important elements emphasized by the teachers as contributing to the development of reading comprehension is scaffolding and guidance, starting from scratch, varying working methods, conversation and motivation. / Syftet med studien är att öka kunskapen om hur lärare i årskurs 1–3 beskriver att de lägger upp sin undervisning för att utveckla elevers läsförståelse och hur de motiverar sina val. Utifrån syftet formulerades tre forskningsfrågor: Hur undervisar lärare om läsförståelse och läsförståelsestrategier? Varför undervisar lärare om läsförståelse och läsförståelsestrategier som de gör? Vad anser lärare är viktigt i undervisningen för att bidra till elevers utveckling av läsförståelse och läsförståelsestrategier? Studien är kvalitativ och insamlingsmetoden är semistrukturerade intervjuer. Informanterna i studien utgörs av fem behöriga lärare i ämnet svenska för årskurs 1–3. Det insamlade materialet transkriberades och analyserades utifrån en didaktisk ansats och ett sociokulturellt perspektiv.       Resultatet visar att lärare undervisar i läsförståelse och i läsförståelsestrategier på varierande sätt. De använder högläsning, läsläxa, boksamtal, Läsfixarna, frågor och samtal samt arbetssätt som skapar möjlighet för eleverna att hjälpa och lära av varandra. Det viktigaste faktorerna som lärarna framhåller som bidrar till elevers utveckling av läsförståelse är stöttning och vägledning, börja från grunden, varierande arbetssätt, samtalet och motivationen.

Listening and reading comprehension form an important part of the educational needs of the child. Learning and development are dynamic processes and educators must take cognisance of the continually changing needs of the environment. The relationship between and development of listening and reading comprehension is complex and interlinked. Theoretical and developmental strategies need to be explored to help us understand assessment and teaching procedures. This study aimed to compare listening and reading comprehension using two assessment tools - the Sentence Verification Technique and the Performance Test: Listening and Reading Comprehension English First Language (HSRC). Three groups, standard 2, 3, and 4 students, were tested on both tests and reading and listening scores were compared in each test. Then the two tests were compared. Some qualitative analyses were carried out. The HSRC test showed listening and reading to be similar in all three groups, while listening was significantly better than reading on the SVT test. These differences may be related to the fact that the subjects were able to reread in the SVT 'reading test. A developmental trend was clear in both tests in that the scores in both reading and listening showed increases with each group. The results between the two tests were similar in the listening mode but showed differences in the reading mode. This implies that they cannot be directly compared but that both still play valuable, but different diagnostic roles. The results led to a discussion of the clinical and future research implications. / Dissertation (MCommunication Pathology)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology / Unrestricted

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur några lärare på en mindre skola arbetar med läsförståelse och läsförståelsestrategier i sin undervisning, detta för att se hur elevernas läsförståelse utvecklas under de första skolåren. För att genomföra undersökningen har tre lärare i tre olika årskurser på lågstadiet intervjuats. Intervjuerna var semistrukturerade och genomfördes via mail. Av svaren framkom det att lärarna ser läsförståelse på ett likvärdigt sätt. Samtliga lärare framhäver modellering i klassrummet som hjälp för att eleverna ska kunna utveckla och ta till sig läsförståelsestrategier. Att lära sig läsa poängteras som en av de viktigaste utmaningarna eleverna möter under de första skolåren. Eftersom det i läroplanen framgår att eleverna ska få undervisning i läsförståelsestrategier har läraren en viktig roll.