Agriscience Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Implementation of Content Area Reading Strategies

Park, Travis D.; Osborne, Ed

doi:10.5032/jae.2006.04039

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“…Spencer, Carter, Boon, and Simpson-Garcia (2008) concluded that research findings have proven the great significance of explicit strategy instruction in developing reading skills. Additionally, Park and Osborne (2006) have cited numerous studies showing that instruction using reading strategies is the most effective means of increasing student comprehension and developing skilled readers.…”

Section: Journal Of Language Teaching and Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reading Strategy Instruction in Saudi Schools

Alsamadani¹

2012

JLTR

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Abstract-This study explores the attitudes of Saudi EFL teachers toward explicit instruction of reading strategies. The study also compares actual practices of Saudi teachers with their beliefs and attitudes toward reading strategy instruction. In this study, quantitative data were collected using an attitude questionnaire, while qualitative data were collected using observation and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data obtained were analyzed by using means, standard deviations, and the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. Qualitative data from a semi-structured interview were also analyzed to explore teachers' knowledge about reading strategy instruction. The results of this study show that Saudi teachers believe strongly in the importance of cognitive reading strategies and that they have insufficient knowledge of the importance of metacognitive reading strategies. The study ends with recommendations for training Saudi EFL teachers in some of the most effective metacognitive reading strategies to help students plan, monitor, evaluate, and regulate their learning.

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Section: Journal Of Language Teaching and Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reading Strategy Instruction in Saudi Schools

Alsamadani¹

2012

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“…Within agricultural education, research has identified agriculture teachers often neglect literacy integration in favor of the hands-on learning opportunities prevalent in agricultural education (Park & Osborne, 2006b). However, agriculture teachers still perceive teaching literacy concepts as a positive endeavor with the potential to benefit their students (Park & Osborne, 2006b). The research in agricultural education exemplifies the disconnect identified previously; teachers perceive literacy integration as positive yet fail to continually reinforce literacy skills and concepts within their classrooms.…”

Section: Content Area Literacymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Role of Agriculture Teachers in Core Academic Integration

McKim¹,

Sorenson²,

Velez³

2016

JAE

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Core academic skills are essential for success in our society. However, an abundance of research has identified a large proportion of secondary school students are underperforming in core academic areas such as literacy and math. Researchers have suggested integrating core academic content throughout all secondary coursework as a potential solution to students' underperformance in core academics. This study focused on core academic integration in secondary agricultural education classrooms and explored a conceptual model for teachers' core academic integration competence in the areas of math and literacy. Results indicated pedagogical competence and technical knowledge were significant predictors of teachers' reading integration competence. Pedagogical competence was also a significant predictor of respondents' writing and math integration competences. These findings highlight the importance of agriculture teachers' ability to engage students through effective pedagogical strategies as a potential precursor to competence integrating reading, writing, and math. Implications and strategies for utilizing the proposed model and the findings from this research are discussed.

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“…While research identifies the importance of the agriculture teacher in the success of their students learning math and ELA content, there exists a dearth of studies in agricultural education exploring agriculture teachers' perceptions of math and ELA integration, even outside the context of the CCSS (Park & Osborne, 2006). Although agricultural education teachers' attitudes toward the CCSS have not previously been explored, research outside of agricultural education has investigated the topic.…”

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Examining the Commn Core State Standards in Agricultural Education

McKim¹,

Lambert²,

Sorensen³

et al. 2015

JAE

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The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represent a shift in the American education system. Included in the CCSS are opportunities for agriculture teachers to integrate math and English language arts content into their curriculum. Using the theory of planned behavior, we sought to identify Oregon agriculture teachers' attitudes, familiarity with, current level of integration, and professional development needs related to the Common Core State Standards. Our research identified the majority of responding teachers were somewhat familiar with the CCSS. Additionally, teachers had varying levels of agreement that the CCSS would help their teaching, yet the majority of agriculture teachers in our study reported they had somewhat implemented the CCSS. In an effort to identify the professional development needs of teachers concerning these standards, we used the CCSS to develop 11 needs assessment competencies related to math, reading, and writing. Respondents identified the highest professional development need areas in topics related to developing students' abilities to write and do mathematics problems in the context of agriculture. These findings are discussed using the theory of planned behavior; recommendations for practice and future research are also highlighted.

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Agriscience Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Implementation of Content Area Reading Strategies

Cited by 14 publications

References 16 publications

Reading Strategy Instruction in Saudi Schools

Reading Strategy Instruction in Saudi Schools

Exploring the Role of Agriculture Teachers in Core Academic Integration

Examining the Commn Core State Standards in Agricultural Education

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