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Direct linkRoux, Catherine; Dion, Eric; Barrette, Anne; Dupéré, Véronique; Fuchs, Douglas – Remedial and Special Education, 2015
This study examines whether explicit reading comprehension instruction is relevant for students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Forty-five students (M[subscript age] = 9 years) were randomly assigned to two conditions: control or intervention. Those assigned to the intervention condition received instruction on vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Autism
Arcand, Marie-Soleil; Dion, Eric; Lemire-Théberge, Léonie; Guay, Marie-Hélène; Barrette, Anne; Gagnon, Vickie; Caron, Pier-Olivier; Fuchs, Douglas – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2014
It was hypothesized that prosodic reading facilitates beginning readers' comprehension by allowing them to segment the text into meaningful word groups. Two prosodic features of the oral reading of second-grade students were considered: lack of inappropriate pauses and attention to punctuation. To examine the unique contribution of these features…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Suprasegmentals, Reading Comprehension, Oral Reading
Dion, Eric; Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Behavioral Disorders, 2005
This experimental study examined the influence of a classwide peer-tutoring reading program (Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies; PALS) on the quality of social relationships of elementary school children. Using a sociometric procedure, social preference and friendships were evaluated before and after the PALS program. Overall (mean) and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Programs, Learning Strategies, Peer Teaching
