Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
| Reading Comprehension | 3 |
| Vocabulary Development | 3 |
| Control Groups | 2 |
| Correlation | 2 |
| Grade 3 | 2 |
| Reading Instruction | 2 |
| Achievement Gains | 1 |
| Bilingualism | 1 |
| Comparative Testing | 1 |
| Cost Effectiveness | 1 |
| Data Analysis | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| American Educational Research… | 1 |
| Journal of Research on… | 1 |
| Reading Research Quarterly | 1 |
| Reading and Writing: An… | 1 |
Author
| Kieffer, Michael J. | 4 |
| Cheng, Henan | 1 |
| Deacon, S. Hélène | 1 |
| Haas, Alison | 1 |
| Hollands, Fiona M. | 1 |
| Jiang, Feng | 1 |
| Lee, Okhee | 1 |
| Levesque, Kyle C. | 1 |
| Levin, Henry M. | 1 |
| Llosa, Lorena | 1 |
| Logan, J. Kenneth | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Research | 4 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 3 |
| Early Childhood Education | 2 |
| Grade 3 | 2 |
| Intermediate Grades | 2 |
| Primary Education | 2 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Grade 4 | 1 |
| Grade 5 | 1 |
| Grade 7 | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| National Assessment of… | 1 |
| Trends in International… | 1 |
| Woodcock Reading Mastery Test | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkLevesque, Kyle C.; Kieffer, Michael J.; Deacon, S. Hélène – Reading Research Quarterly, 2019
Skilled reading comprehension is an important goal of educational instruction and models of reading development. In this study, the authors investigated how core skills surrounding morphemes, that is, the minimal units of meaning in language, support the development of reading comprehension. The authors specifically contrast the roles of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Morphology (Languages), Path Analysis, Grade 3
Logan, J. Kenneth; Kieffer, Michael J. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
This study reports on the development of an assessment to measure bilingual adolescents' knowledge of polysemous vocabulary and explores the contribution of polysemous word knowledge to reading comprehension among those students. Spanish-English bilingual students in seventh grade (n = 107) completed a battery of standardized reading and language…
Descriptors: Role, Vocabulary Development, Item Response Theory, Bilingualism
Hollands, Fiona M.; Kieffer, Michael J.; Shand, Robert; Pan, Yilin; Cheng, Henan; Levin, Henry M. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
We review the value of cost-effectiveness analysis for evaluation and decision making with respect to educational programs and discuss its application to early reading interventions. We describe the conditions for a rigorous cost-effectiveness analysis and illustrate the challenges of applying the method in practice, providing examples of programs…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
Llosa, Lorena; Lee, Okhee; Jiang, Feng; Haas, Alison; O'Connor, Corey; Van Booven, Christopher D.; Kieffer, Michael J. – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
The authors evaluated the effects of P-SELL, a science curricular and professional development intervention for fifth-grade students with a focus on English language learners (ELLs). Using a randomized controlled trial design with 33 treatment and 33 control schools across three school districts in one state, we found significant and meaningfully…
Descriptors: Intervention, Science Education, Science Course Improvement Projects, Program Effectiveness
