The results from a content analysis of an elementary reading education journal, The Reading Teacher, are reported in this study. Retrospective bibliometric analysis of the journal focussed on three dimensions: subjective classification of articles published in Volumes 21 through 30, determination of selected content trends and demographic characteristics of articles published in Volumes 1 through 30, and analysis of referenced journals in Volumes 21 through 30. The 20 Year Annotated Index to The Reading Teacher, containing 18 major categories and 31 sub-categories, was used as a base for the subjective classification. Empirical classification of the 844 articles contained in Volumes 21 through 30 resulted in the addition of five additional sub-categories. Demographic characteristics of the articles were determined using eight variables: topical trends, multiple authorship, sex of author, author occupation, geographic location of author, citations per volume, type of publication cited, and age of cited material. Data were presented in frequency counts and percentages, and collapsed into three ten-year time periods to detect trends and shifts in emphases over the thirty volume years. With articles classified according to subject matter, two areas received the greatest emphasis: Reading Instruction and Skill Development. Major categories remained quite stable over the three time periods, with shifts occurring among the sub-categories. The majority of articles were single authored (82.6%); authorship was approximately equally divided between men and women over the thirty volume years, with a noticeable increase in male authors in recent years. The most productive contributors were affiliated with colleges and universities and resided in the eastern sections of the United States. The number of publications cited showed a steady increase across the thirty volume period, with an increase observed in the number and percentage of books cited and a slight decrease in journal citation. Relatively high median ages were found for cited material with a trend toward citation of newer, material and cited material representing archival and near archival ages in comparison with similar results from science disciplines. The third section of the study investigated the core and support literature structure of elementary reading based on the frequency with which different journals were cited by authors publishing in Volumes 21 through 30 of The Reading Teacher. It was found that the Pareto characteristic identified in previous research held for this literature collection with eight titles accounting for 51.14 percent of the cited journals. These eight titles could be considered the core elementary reading journals, and include three reading journals, two general elementary journals, two educational research journals, and one English journal. A wide variety of support journal literature was identified suggesting: that elementary reading interacts with a broad interdisciplinary base representative of education and other academic fields. / Education, Faculty of / Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of / Graduate

Educators are challenged with meeting the academic needs of students, particularly in the subject area of reading. School districts purchase tools such as Achieve3000 to help students improve their proficiency in reading; however, implementation of such interventions has not been explored from the educators' perspective. This study explored 3rd grade reading teachers' views on Achieve3000 as a tool for improving reading proficiency and preparedness for the Florida State Standards English Language Arts assessment. The conceptual framework included the theory of social validity and current research as it related to differentiated instruction. This study utilized a basic qualitative approach to answer these key research questions. The participants included 6 3rd grade reading teachers from 3 Florida schools. Individual face-to-face interviews and a focus group interview session were conducted to answer the research questions. Data were analyzed via open, axial, and selective coding to generate the themes. The findings revealed the 3rd grade reading teachers believed that Achieve3000 can be considered a reliable method for improving reading and preparing students for the reading portion of the Florida Standards Assessment. The findings of this study can positively affect social change by providing educators with an increased repertoire of instructional tools to assist them in meeting the needs of all learners, as well as to prepare students for a technology driven world.

Despite an intense focus and considerable financial commitment to remediate nonproficient readers in high school, the large suburban school district that was the target of this study had been unable to consistently improve student achievement in the lowest 25% of students as measured by outcomes on the FCAT Reading. Scholarly literature on high school reading had focused mostly on evaluation of curriculum rather than on teacher practices. A clear understanding of these differences in practice will inform future decisions related to staffing, scheduling, and professional learning. This study sought to identify the underlying professional and instructional differences between the most effective and least effective teachers of tenth grade intensive reading courses through teacher and principal/assistant principal surveys along with teacher evaluation data. This study revealed with regards to a teacher’s preparation to teach reading (research question one), that years of experience in the classroom and years of experience as a high school reading teacher were the only significant factors that influenced a teacher’s effectiveness. For research questions two and three; which had to do with the beliefs and professional practices of the teacher, the educationally relevant belief that the more effective teachers were more confident about their abilities than their less effective peers was noted. Research question four provided the data with regards to the general classroom teaching strategies and the adolescent reading strategies the effective teachers employed. This data revealed that the more effective teachers implemented posting and communicating daily and long term learning goals more frequently than their less effective peers. In addition, the general classroom teaching practices of efficient use of iii learning time, establishing and maintaining classroom routines, and checking for understanding proved to be educationally relevant. Additionally, the adolescent reading strategies of sustained silent reading, paired/partner readings, and students reading oneon-one with teacher, were educationally relevant as well. Finally, in regards to research question five, it was of statistical significance that administrators valued the use of the general classroom teaching strategy of posting and communicating daily and long term learning goals and were able to recognize the use of this strategy when observing and evaluating the teachers.

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Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2017-10-04T13:00:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SIMONE ALVES PEDERSEN.pdf: 2829069 bytes, checksum: 7fdf0c308b9011e695fe37e352c61e19 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-04T13:00:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SIMONE ALVES PEDERSEN.pdf: 2829069 bytes, checksum: 7fdf0c308b9011e695fe37e352c61e19 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-09 / The children's literature has been the object of much research in the reader?s development and has generated interest in several areas. In this study, it was assumed that the procedures used by teachers and the selection of literature books are essential elements for the development of the reader. Based on that, this master degree research, entitled "The Continued Formation of Teachers and Literature: strategies of reading and selection of literature book", had as a research problem the following question: the exploration of strategies of reading and selection of literature books, in a teaching training, can assist the participating teachers in their work with reading? The general objective was to verify if there were changes in the teachers' practice of exploration of reading modes, strategies of reading and selection of literature books. The specific objectives were to implement a reading course for teachers, to introduce self-regulation of reading, to discuss the selection of literary works for use in the classroom and to analyze the extent to which the participants applied the knowledge built in the course. The methodology adopted in this qualitative research with principles of action-strategic research, was constituted initially of national and international bibliographical survey. A reading course for teachers was offered to 12 teachers and 4 coordinators of the municipal network of a municipality in the state of S?o Paulo. During the 4 meetings, in a total of 9 hours, independent reading, double reading, close reading and other reading strategies were presented, based on the self-regulation and the studies of Social Cognitive Theory. The instruments used were: field diary, questionnaire, narrative and semi-structured interview. The participants of the research applied the content of the formative course, in the classroom. There was an exchange of experiences about reading and use of literary books in the classroom, which made it possible to think and rethink practices, to hear about the experience of other teachers and to narrate successes and challenges that are part of reading teaching. The data were analyzed by the content analysis and the implications of these analyzes showed that there were changes in the reading practices used by the participants in the classroom, there was an increase in reading comprehension with teaching practices that prioritized the student's role and there were also changes in the participants' conception of children?s literature and their selection. International research shows that self-regulation of reading, using reading strategies under the light of Social Cognitive Theory, is a promising path for the promotion of competent and critical readers. However, studies on self-regulation of reading practically do not exist in our country. / A literatura infantil tem sido objeto de muitas pesquisas na forma??o do leitor e tem gerado interesse em diversas ?reas. Nesse estudo, partiu-se do pressuposto de que os procedimentos utilizados pelos docentes e a sele??o de obras s?o elementos essenciais para a forma??o do leitor. Diante desse contexto, essa pesquisa de mestrado denominada A Forma??o Continuada de Professores e a Literatura: estrat?gias de leitura e sele??o de obra prop?s por problema de pesquisa a seguinte quest?o: a explora??o de estrat?gias de leitura e sele??o de obras, em um curso de forma??o continuada, pode auxiliar os professores participantes em seu trabalho com leitura? O objetivo geral foi verificar se houve mudan?as na pr?tica dos professores sobre a explora??o de modos de leitura, estrat?gias de leitura e sele??o de obras no trabalho com leitura. Os objetivos espec?ficos foram implementar um modelo de forma??o continuada em leitura, apresentar a autorregula??o da leitura, discutir a sele??o das obras liter?rias para uso em sala de aula e analisar em que medida as participantes aplicaram o conhecimento constru?do na forma??o. A metodologia adotada nessa pesquisa qualitativa com princ?pios da pesquisa a??o-estrat?gica constituiu-se, inicialmente, de levantamento bibliogr?fico nacional e internacional. Ministrou-se um curso de forma??o continuada para 12 professoras e 4 coordenadoras da rede municipal de um munic?pio do estado de S?o Paulo. Durante os 4 encontros, no total de 9 horas, apresentaram-se a leitura independente, leitura em dupla, close reading e outras estrat?gias de leitura, a partir dos pressupostos te?ricos da autorregula??o, pautados nos estudos da Teoria Social Cognitiva. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: di?rio de campo, question?rio, narrativa e entrevista semiestruturada. As participantes da pesquisa aplicaram o conte?do dos encontros formativos, em sala de aula. Houve troca de experi?ncias sobre leitura e uso de obras liter?rias durante os encontros, que possibilitaram o pensar e repensar pr?ticas, ouvir sobre a experi?ncia de outros professores e narrar sucessos e desafios que fazem parte da doc?ncia e da leitura. Os dados foram analisados a partir da an?lise de conte?do, e as infer?ncias decorrentes dessas an?lises mostraram que houve mudan?as quanto ?s pr?ticas de leitura usadas pelas participantes em sala de aula, houve aumento da compreens?o leitora com pr?ticas docentes que priorizam o protagonismo do aluno e houve, tamb?m, mudan?as na concep??o das participantes sobre as obras liter?rias e sua sele??o. Pesquisas internacionais demonstram que a autorregula??o da leitura, por meio do uso de estrat?gias de leitura sob a luz da teoria sociocognitiva, ? um caminho promissor para a promo??o de leitores competentes e cr?ticos. Todavia, estudos sobre a autorregula??o da leitura praticamente inexistem em nosso pa?s.