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The Devil Is in the Detail Regarding the Efficacy of Reading Recovery: A Rejoinder to Schwartz, Hobsbaum, Briggs, and Scull
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Reynolds, Meree; Wheldall, Kevin; Madelaine, Alison – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2009
This rejoinder provides comment on issues raised by Schwartz, Hobsbaum, Briggs and Scull (2009) in their article about evidence-based practice and Reading Recovery (RR), written in response to Reynolds and Wheldall (2007). Particular attention is paid to the processes and findings of the What Works Clearinghouse evaluation of RR. The suggestion…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Intervention, Reading Failure, Student Attitudes
Reading Recovery 20 Years down the Track: Looking Forward, Looking Back
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Reynolds, Meree; Wheldall, Kevin – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2007
Reading Recovery is an intensive literacy programme designed for young students who have been identified as being at-risk of reading failure after 1 year of schooling. The intervention was developed and trialled in New Zealand over 20 years ago and is now implemented in a number of education systems. The focus of this article is on recent research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Failure, Reading Difficulties, Early Intervention
Do Differences in Phonological Processing Performance Predict Gains Made by Older Low-Progress Readers Following Intensive Literacy Intervention?
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Pogorzelski, Simmone; Wheldall, Kevin – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 2002
Examines the gains in single word recognition and oral reading fluency made by low-progress readers after an intensive, systematic skills-based reading program. Reports that the results did not support the hypothesis because both groups of low-progress readers made gains on the reading measures. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education