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Peer reviewedScruggs, Thomas E.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1994
This study evaluated the effectiveness of promoting relational thinking, using "elaborative interrogation" techniques, to facilitate the content acquisition of 36 elementary school students with mild disabilities. Results indicated that students coached in relational thinking who generated their own explanations outperformed students who…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Memory
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; Deno, Stanley L. – Exceptional Children, 1992
This study assessed the effects of curriculum on technical features (criterion validity and developmental growth rates) within curriculum-based measurement in reading with 91 elementary level handicapped and nonhandicapped students. Correlations between oral reading samples and reading comprehension as well as developmental growth rates were…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Child Development, Curriculum, Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedGajria, Meenakshi; Salvia, John – Exceptional Children, 1992
This study, with 30 students with learning disabilities (grades 6-9) and 15 nondisabled students, found that instruction in a 5-rule summarization strategy significantly increased reading comprehension of expository prose. Strategy use was maintained over time, and students were reported to generalize its use. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedMalone, Linda Duncan; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Exceptional Children, 1992
This evaluation study (with 45 middle school students with learning disabilities) found that students trained in summarization procedures performed significantly higher on all dependent measures of reading comprehension than those receiving traditional instruction. Also, on some measures, students also trained in self-monitoring outperformed those…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedEspin, Christine A.; Foegen, Anne – Exceptional Children, 1996
This study investigated the validity of 3 curriculum-based measures for predicting the performance of 184 secondary students (including 13 with mild disabilities) on content-area tasks. Reliable correlations were found between oral reading, maze, and vocabulary measures; and students' performance on comprehension, acquisition, and retention of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Based Assessment, Memory
