I am doing a research project to receive my Masters. The research project on what improves the reading and comprehension of students, particularly elementary school students. I would appreciate a response to this survey. Thank you in advance for your help.
What state is your school?
What is your gender?
What grade do you teach?
What is the average age of the students?
The classrooms you teach how many students have learning disabilities?
What are your teaching goals and methods?
What are your students' reading habits?
What are your reading comprehension strategies?
How do you give reading comprehension instruction?
Do you think your school controls how you give reading comprehension instruction?
What are your schools test scores on reading comprehension?
Do you think your students understand the text their reading?
Do you encourage independent reading?
Does your school or your classroom have a library?
Do you think reading comprehension instruction is important?
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reading survey response
What state is your school? WA
What is your gender? F
What grade do you teach? 1; 2; 3/4
What is the average age of the students? 8
The classrooms you teach how many students have learning disabilities? 1; 2; 5
What are your teaching goals and methods? state standards; workshop model with mini-lesson
What are your students' reading habits? varies
What are your reading comprehension strategies? monitoring understanding, visualizing, making connections, asking questions, inferring, synthesis, retell, summarize
How do you give reading comprehension instruction? mini-lessons, interactive read aloud, guided release (I do, we do, you do)
Do you think your school controls how you give reading comprehension instruction? to a degree, if that means my school controls me as an instructor
What are your schools test scores on reading comprehension? not that great; we're low income with high needs and a large bilingual population
Do you think your students understand the text their reading? yes, when they read at their just right level
Do you encourage independent reading? we require it daily and encourage at home
Does your school or your classroom have a library? yes and yes
Do you think reading comprehension instruction is important? very