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Zaretsky, Elena – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
The role of verbal working memory (VWM) in early language and literacy development among typical and atypical monolingual children exposed to different orthographies is well established. Less is known how English Language Learners (ELLs) allocate their VWM resources in early stages of literacy acquisition in English (L2). This study examined the…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Short Term Memory, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten
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Falk, Jodi L.; Di Perri, Kristin Anderson; Howerton-Fox, Amanda; Jezik, Carly – American Annals of the Deaf, 2020
The effectiveness of a sight word intervention designed for Deaf students was investigated. Thirty students, grades 1-7, in an urban school for the Deaf received an 8-month intervention. A pretest/ posttest design using a teacher-designed instrument, the Cumulative Bedrock Literacy Sight Word Assessment, and the Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Students with Disabilities, Deafness
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Arnaud, L. Mari; Gutman, Sharon A. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
Objective: We assessed the effectiveness of an occupational therapy reading program that targeted foundational reading skills and reading participation for first and second graders in an underserved urban elementary school. Method: Eleven intervention group participants received the 10-week reading program based on the incorporation of…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement, Program Effectiveness