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Timothy Shanahan – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2025
Research shows little benefit from phonics instruction in Grades 2 through 12. However, more recent studies show that students who fall below a decoding threshold fail to benefit from other kinds of reading instruction. This exploration of the evidence suggests that these students are likely to need support in the reading and spelling of…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Phonics, Reading Instruction
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Jia Ma; Stephen W. Smith; Brian R. Barber – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2025
Early adolescents entering middle school are at a pivotal developmental phase as they become less dependent on parents/guardians and seek greater autonomy while encountering a complexity of social demands requiring them to regulate their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors to achieve academic and social success. Yet, students who receive services…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Middle School Students, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
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Emily Bouck; Mary Bouck; Rubia D. Anderson – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2025
Fractions are an important concept used throughout advanced mathematical ideas and everyday life. Students need a solid understanding of fraction concepts, such as magnitude, equivalence, and operations. However, many students, including students with learning disabilities (LD) in mathematics, struggle with fractions. In this article, the use of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Fractions, Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities
Hugh W. Catts; Alan G. Kamhi – American Educator, 2025
Grassroots efforts and other advocacy have led to the vast majority of states adopting policies designed to improve the reading outcomes of all children, including those who struggle to read. Whereas these policies consider various aspects of reading, much of their emphasis has been on developing word reading accuracy and fluency through explicit…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Educational Policy, Advocacy, Activism
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Michael Sadeghi; Mostafa Pourhaji – Language Teaching Research, 2025
The present study examines the effects of pre-task explicit instruction on second language (L2) oral self-repair behaviour while controlling for the effects of working memory. The participants were 121 Iranian learners of English at incipient levels of language proficiency. Their working memory was measured using an operation span task and then…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Oral Language