This study examines the nature of engagement with informational text by exploring four gifted students\u27 responses to children\u27s information books and informational storybooks. The researchers interviewed the students and students recorded their responses to books in journals over the course of the study. Results indicated that these children expressed a variety of reasons for reading nonfiction and held interesting perceptions and strong opinions about informational content, which varied according to text type. Children identified authors\u27 purposes and genre differences, and expressed preference for books with depth of coverage along with a creative format
The purpose of this study was to identify the reading interests of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade gi...
Thesis (M.Ed.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Curriculum and InstructionT...
The purpose of this paper was to discover the following concerning gifted seventh-, eighth-, and nin...
After more than a decade of research suggesting that young children would benefit from increased exp...
If gifted children have learning styles that differ from the normal, are their reading interests als...
Recently developed common core standards echo calls by educators for ensuring that upper elementary ...
The purpose of this study was to determine upper elementary children\u27s preferences and responses ...
Literacy researchers suggest that book-selection strategies are part of successful literacy developm...
This dissertation study examines fourth and fifth grade children's response to nonfiction and biogra...
In recent decades, researchers have indicated that U.S. schools have underexposed elementary grade s...
This paper is a content analysis of seventeen chapter books geared towards upper elementary and midd...
Nonfiction children\u27s literature has changed in recent years, including an increase in organizati...
This study aimed to see if there was a correlation between a student’s interest in either fiction or...
This study addressed the perceptions of gifted students about their school libraries. It was conduct...
Reading for the Gifted: Guided Extension of Reading Skills published by the Los Angeles City School ...
The purpose of this study was to identify the reading interests of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade gi...
Thesis (M.Ed.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Curriculum and InstructionT...
The purpose of this paper was to discover the following concerning gifted seventh-, eighth-, and nin...
After more than a decade of research suggesting that young children would benefit from increased exp...
If gifted children have learning styles that differ from the normal, are their reading interests als...
Recently developed common core standards echo calls by educators for ensuring that upper elementary ...
The purpose of this study was to determine upper elementary children\u27s preferences and responses ...
Literacy researchers suggest that book-selection strategies are part of successful literacy developm...
This dissertation study examines fourth and fifth grade children's response to nonfiction and biogra...
In recent decades, researchers have indicated that U.S. schools have underexposed elementary grade s...
This paper is a content analysis of seventeen chapter books geared towards upper elementary and midd...
Nonfiction children\u27s literature has changed in recent years, including an increase in organizati...
This study aimed to see if there was a correlation between a student’s interest in either fiction or...
This study addressed the perceptions of gifted students about their school libraries. It was conduct...
Reading for the Gifted: Guided Extension of Reading Skills published by the Los Angeles City School ...
The purpose of this study was to identify the reading interests of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade gi...
Thesis (M.Ed.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Curriculum and InstructionT...
The purpose of this paper was to discover the following concerning gifted seventh-, eighth-, and nin...