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Gray, Susan H.; Ehri, Linnea C.; Locke, John L. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
A randomized control trial compared the effects of two kinds of vocabulary instruction on component reading skills of adult struggling readers. Participants seeking alternative high school diplomas received 8 h of scripted tutoring to learn forty academic vocabulary words embedded within a civics curriculum. They were matched for language…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Vocabulary, Reading Skills, High School Equivalency Programs
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Greenberg, Daphne; Wise, Justin C.; Morris, Robin; Fredrick, Laura D.; Rodrigo, Victoria; Nanda, Alice O.; Pae, Hye K. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This study measured the effectiveness of various instructional approaches on the reading outcomes of 198 adults who read single words at the 3.0 through 5.9 grade equivalency levels. The students were randomly assigned to one of the following interventions: Decoding and Fluency; Decoding, Comprehension, and Fluency; Decoding, Comprehension,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs
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Hock, Michael F.; Mellard, Daryl F. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
Results from randomized controlled trials of learning strategies instruction with 375 adult basic education participants are reported. Reading outcomes from whole group strategic instruction in 1 of 4 learning strategies were compared to outcomes of reading instruction delivered in the context of typical adult education units on social studies,…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Adult Education, Reading Instruction, Control Groups