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Examining the Effects of Integrating Anxiety Management Instruction within a Reading Intervention for Upper Elementary Students with Reading Difficulties
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Vaughn, Sharon; Grills, Amie E.; Capin, Philip; Roberts, Greg; Fall, Anna-Mária; Daniel, Johny – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
We present findings from the first cohort of third- and fourth-grade students with reading difficulties (128 students from 31 classrooms) who participated in a 2-year intervention examining the effects of a reading intervention with and without anxiety management. Using a randomized controlled trial, students were assigned to one of three…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Stress Management, Reading Instruction, Intervention
Multisyllabic Word-Reading Instruction with and without Motivational Beliefs Training for Struggling Readers in the Upper Elementary Grades: A Pilot Investigation
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Toste, Jessica R.; Capin, Philip; Vaughn, Sharon – Elementary School Journal, 2017
This randomized controlled trial focused on 59 struggling readers in the third and fourth grades (30 female, 29 male) and examined the efficacy of an intervention aimed at increasing students' multisyllabic word reading (MWR). The study also explored the relative effects of an embedded motivational beliefs (MB) training component. Struggling…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Randomized Controlled Trials, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
Students Demonstrating Persistent Low Response to Reading Intervention: Three Case Studies
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Wanzek, Jeanne; Vaughn, Sharon – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2009
Three students with severe reading disabilities participated in a 3-year intervention provided by trained tutors from first grade through third grade (175-231 hours). All three students demonstrated very low response to initial levels of intervention and were provided adjusted intensive intervention in an attempt to remedy their low response to…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Grade 3, Grade 1
An Observation Study of Reading Instruction Provided to Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities in the Resource Room
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Swanson, Elizabeth A.; Vaughn, Sharon – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
This study documents the amount and quality of reading instruction provided to second- through fifth-grade students with learning disabilities provided resource-room services. Reading instruction provided by 10 special education resource-room teachers was observed. Findings reveal that teachers and students were on task during instructional time…
Descriptors: Class Size, Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Vocabulary
Fluency and Comprehension Interventions for Third-Grade Students.
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Vaughn, Sharon; Chard, David J.; Bryant, Diane Pedrotty; Coleman, Maggie; Tyler, Brenda-Jean; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia; Kouzekanani, Kamiar – Remedial and Special Education, 2000
Eight classrooms of third graders (n=111) and their teachers were provided with two intervention strategies, partner reading intervention designed to enhance fluency, or collaborative strategic reading, designed to enhance comprehension. Over time, there were statistically significant effects for rate of reading for both interventions for low- to…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness, Peer Teaching, Primary Education
Instructional Grouping for Reading: Teachers' Views.
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Moody, Sally Watson; Vaughn, Sharon; Schumm, Jeanne Shay – Remedial and Special Education, 1997
Individual and focus group interviews with 49 third-grade regular and special education teachers revealed that teachers value control over their decisions on grouping for reading instruction. Regular teachers reported they preferred whole class and mixed ability grouping arrangements for social and academic reasons, whereas special educators…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary School Teachers, Focus Groups, Grade 3