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Austin, Christy R.; Vaughn, Sharon; Clemens, Nathan H.; Pustejovsky, James E.; Boucher, Alexis N. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
This within-subjects experimental study investigated the relative effects of word reading and word meaning instruction (WR+WM) compared to word-reading instruction alone (WR) on the accuracy, fluency, and word meaning knowledge of 4th-5th graders with dyslexia. We matched word lists on syllables, phonemes, frequency, number of definitions, and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Accuracy
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Macdonald, Kelly T.; Barnes, Marcia A.; Miciak, Jeremy; Roberts, Greg; Halverson, Kelly K.; Vaughn, Sharon; Cirino, Paul T. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2021
Attention is correlated with reading, but the extent to which behavioral ratings and sustained attention relate to reading skills is unclear. We assessed 245 fourth and fifth grade struggling readers (mean age = 10.3 years) on behavioral ratings of attention, sustained attention, and reading over a school year. Contributions of behavioral ratings…
Descriptors: Attention, Student Behavior, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Barth, Amy E.; Stuebing, Karla K.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Denton, Carolyn A.; Vaughn, Sharon; Francis, David – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2014
We evaluated the technical adequacy of oral reading fluency (ORF) probes in which 1,472 middle school students with and without reading difficulties read fluency probes for 60 s versus reading the full passage. Results suggested that the reliability of 60-s probes (rs = 0.75) was not substantively different than full passage probes (rs = 0.77)…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Fluency, Reading Tests, Reading Difficulties