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An In-Depth Analysis of the Effectiveness of Reading Interventions in K-4 Classrooms: A Descriptive Qualitative Case Study
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Yvonne Maureen Matherson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Despite the importance placed on reading in the classroom, an unacceptable number of students lack the literacy skills essential to succeed in today's knowledge-based economy, putting them at greater risk of persistent unemployment and other forms of economic hardship. The problem is that public charter elementary (K-4) school intervention…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Testing the Efficacy of a Biliterate Reading Strategy
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Butvilofsky, Sandra Adriana; Sparrow, Wendy; Roberson, Nathan D.; Hopewell, Susan – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This quasi-experimental study tested the efficacy of a research-based biliterate reading strategy, Lotta Lara, that is part of a larger paired literacy instructional program. Its purpose was to investigate whether Lotta Lara, which focuses on reading fluency, comprehension, and oracy through whole group instruction, impacted first grade emerging…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Literacy, Reading Strategies, Literacy Education
Embedded Professional Development and Classroom-Based Early Reading Intervention: Early Diagnostic Reading Intervention through Coaching
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Amendum, Steven J. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of the current mixed-methods study was to investigate a model of professional development and classroom-based early reading intervention implemented by the 1st-grade teaching team in a large urban/suburban school district in the southeastern United States. The intervention provided teachers with ongoing embedded professional…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Faculty Development, Coaching (Performance), Reading Instruction
My eSorts and Digital Extensions of Word Study
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Zucker, Tricia A.; Invernizzi, Marcia – Reading Teacher, 2008
"My eSorts" is a strategy for helping children learn to read and spell in a socially motivated context. It is based on developmental spelling research and the word study approach to teaching phonics and spelling. "eSorting" employs digital desktop publishing tools that allow children to author their own electronic word sorts and then share these…
Descriptors: Spelling, Phonics, Desktop Publishing, Computer Centers
Applying Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) to Estimate the School and Children's Effects on Reading Achievement
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Liu, Xing – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to illustrate the use of Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) to investigate the effects of school and children's attributes on children' reading achievement. In particular, this study was designed to: (1) develop the HLM models to determine the effects of school-level and child-level variables on children's reading…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Reading Achievement, Kindergarten, Television
The Reading Club: A Guide to a Literacy Intervention Program for Reluctant Readers in Spanish and English
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Henn-Reinke, Kathryn – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2004
As a result of recent federal legislation, school districts are being required to have all students reading at grade level by the year 2012. Such an exceedingly lofty goal cannot be achieved without powerful intervention programs. Here is a guide for districts and schools that outlines an intervention program for students in grades 1-3 who…
Descriptors: Intervention, Federal Legislation, Reading Programs, Literacy