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Pyle, Nicole; Vasquez, Ariana C.; Lignugaris/Kraft, Benjamin; Gillam, Sandra L.; Reutzel, D. Ray; Olszewski, Abbie; Segura, Hugo; Hartzheim, Daphne; Laing, Woodrow; Pyle, Daniel – Reading Research Quarterly, 2017
This meta-analysis synthesizes results from expository text structure interventions designed to increase comprehension for students in kindergarten to grade 12 published between 1970 and 2013. Twenty-one studies were identified, 19 of which met criteria for a meta-analysis, including 48 studywise effect sizes that were meta-analyzed to determine…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Text Structure, Intervention, Reading Comprehension
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Reutzel, D. Ray; Fawson, Parker C.; Smith, John A. – Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The purpose of this study was to design, implement, and evaluate the efficacy of scaffolded silent reading (ScSR) compared with the evidence-based practice of guided repeated oral reading (GROR) with feedback on 3rd-grade students' fluency and comprehension growth. Using a mixed-model dominant-less dominant design, the authors collected both…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Silent Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement
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Reutzel, D. Ray; Jones, Cindy D.; Fawson, Parker C.; Smith, John A. – Reading Teacher, 2008
An effective alternative to the traditional classroom practice of Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) called Scaffolded Silent Reading (ScSR), is described in detail in this article. An implementation of ScSR in a third-grade classroom is presented. Quantitative and qualitative results from a year-long field experiment are reported in which ScSR is…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Improvement, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Reutzel, D. Ray; Fawson, Parker C.; Smith, John A. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2006
Parents make powerful contributions to their children's early literacy learning in school. The purpose of this study was to design, implement, and evaluate the efficacy of the Words-to- Go parent involvement program as part of a larger effort to reach out to parents in early literacy. Quantitative data from surveys and qualitative data from focus…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Emergent Literacy, Pretests Posttests, Program Implementation