Reading academic materials is necessary for acquiring knowledge and new insights to perform well in all demands. Nevertheless, many students were still struggling understanding texts due their high level of complexity so avoided reading. Thus, self-efficacy as a motivating force continuous effort the reading process must be activated. This study aimed investigate undergraduate students’ percept...

It is well known that some XML elements correspond to objects (in the sense of object-orientation) and others do not. The question we consider in this paper is what benefits we can derive from paying attention to such object semantics, particularly for the problem of keyword queries. Keyword queries against XML data have been studied extensively in recent years, with several lowest-common-ances...

The focus of this teaching and learning activity is to improve students' reading comprehension through English short stories in eleventh grade students SMAS NU Centini Laren Lamongan. Utilizing the existence as a medium expected make positive contribution their characteristics that readers feel happy. This research Classroom Action Research which carried out by following John Elliot's model pro...

Volume 1—Number 4 © 2007 the Authors Journal Compilation © 2007 International Mind, Brain, and Education Society and Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 181 ABSTRACT — The majority of children who receive special education services meet criteria for reading disability (RD) or attention-defi cit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but additional research is needed to understand the long-term academic outcome ...