Extended strategy-use instruction to improve students’ reading proficiency in a content subject

• Published in: Reading & Writing Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Boakye, Naomi A.Y., Linden, Michal-Mare
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cape Town AOSIS 2018; African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS; AOSIS (Pty) Ltd; AOSIS Publishing on behalf of the Literacy Association of South Africa (LITASA)
• Subjects: affective techniques; Attitudes; Classroom techniques; cognitive techniques; Content analysis; Grade 4; Humanities, Multidisciplinary; innovative techniques; instructional techniques; Learning; Methods; Questionnaires; Reading comprehension; Reading Instruction; Reading Materials; Reading Skills; Reading Strategies; Role playing; role-play; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Students; Studies; Teaching; South Africa

Background: Student reading challenges have been reported worldwide. In many classrooms around the world, teaching students appropriate strategy-use has been a technique used to improve comprehension and improve reading proficiency. However, strategy-use instruction per se may not produce holistic r...