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Contesse, Valentina A.; Campese, Talia; Kaplan, Rachel; Mullen, D'Annette; Pico, Danielle L.; Gage, Nicholas A.; Lane, Holly B. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2021
Summer is a critical time for students with or at-risk for reading difficulties. This study examines the added benefit of a one-on-one intensive reading intervention presented during a school-based summer literacy program targeting first through fifth-grade students' foundational reading skills. The individually administered, UFLI-Intensive…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Intervention, Literacy Education, Reading Difficulties
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Lovett, Maureen W.; Frijters, Jan C.; Steinbach, Karen A.; Sevcik, Rose A.; Morris, Robin D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Adolescents with reading disability (RD) participated in a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a multiple-component reading intervention with motivational components (PHAST). A total of 514 youth in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade formed instructional groups (4-8) that were randomly assigned to one of three conditions--one of two PHAST…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Zijlstra, Haytske; van Bergen, Elsje; Regtvoort, Anne; de Jong, Peter F.; van der Leij, Aryan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
In a randomized-controlled trial we tested a computer-assisted intervention for the prevention of reading difficulties, delivered by nonprofessional tutors, running from kindergarten to halfway Grade 2. The full sample included 123 prereaders (M = 5; 6 years; 56 intervention; 67 controls) with low preliteracy skills. Parents were sent a…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Young Children, Early Intervention, Reading Instruction