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Instructing Struggling Older Readers: A Selective Meta-Analysis of Intervention Research
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Flynn, Lindsay J.; Zheng, Xinhua; Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2012
This article synthesizes the experimental literature on reading interventions for upper elementary and middle school students identified with reading disabilities on norm-referenced reading measures. Ten studies (12 independent samples) yielded 70 effect sizes on norm-referenced reading measures with an aggregated mean of 0.41 (SE = 0.04) in favor…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Effect Size, Reading Skills
A Selective Synthesis of the Experimental Literature on Dynamic Assessment.
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Swanson, H. Lee; Lussier, Catherine M. – Review of Educational Research, 2001
Summarizes a meta-analysis of published research on dynamic assessment that reviewed 30 studies (170 effect sizes). Discusses factors that impact effect size, including the predictive ability of type of assessment for effect size. Discusses results in the context of assumptions related to dynamic assessment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Effect Size, Meta Analysis, Prediction
Experimental Intervention Research on Students with Learning Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis of Treatment Outcomes.
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Swanson, H. Lee; Hoskyn, Maureen – Review of Educational Research, 1998
A comprehensive synthesis of experimental intervention studies that have included students with learning disabilities was based on 180 studies. Results support the pervasive influence of cognitive strategy and direct instruction models for remediating the academic difficulties of children with learning disabilities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Experiments, Intervention, Learning Disabilities