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Stevens, Mallory A.; Burns, Matthew K. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The purpose of the current study was to determine the extent to which practicing keywords increased word recognition, reading fluency and comprehension for students with intellectual disability (ID). The dependent measures included word recognition (i.e., the percentage of previously unknown keywords read correctly in the given text), reading…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Word Recognition
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Scholin, Sarah E.; Haegele, Katherine M.; Burns, Matthew K. – School Psychology Forum, 2013
Most reading interventions within a response-to-intervention model focus on remediating code-based deficits. This article describes a small-group comprehension intervention that was implemented with three fourth- and fifth-grade students who demonstrated difficulties with reading comprehension but acceptable reading fluency. The intervention…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
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Burns, Matthew K.; Ardoin, Scott P.; Parker, David C.; Hodgson, Jennifer; Klingbeil, David A.; Scholin, Sarah E. – School Psychology Review, 2009
Academic tasks that include easy responses increase the probability that less preferred and/or more challenging tasks will be performed. The current study applied the process of arranging easier stimuli within reading word lists with behavioral momentum and an interspersal technique. We hypothesized that the behavioral momentum condition, which…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Word Lists, Educational Strategies, Probability