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Begeny, John C.; Mitchell, R. Courtney; Whitehouse, Mary H.; Samuels, Fleming Harris; Stage, Scott A. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011
The Helping Early Literacy with Practice Strategies (HELPS) Program was developed by integrating eight evidence-based fluency-building instructional strategies into a systematic program that can be feasibly implemented and accessed for free by all educators. This study examined the effects of HELPS when implemented by teachers with low-performing…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Strategies, Control Groups, Research Assistants
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Begeny, John C.; Yeager, Abigail; Martinez, Rebecca S. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2012
This study compared children's Spanish reading performance across 2 reading intervention conditions: small group versus individual (teacher-student). Six second-grade Costa Rican students with low Spanish reading ability participated in the study. An alternating-treatments design was used to compare the relative effectiveness of the 2…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement, Program Effectiveness
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Begeny, John C.; Krouse, Hailey E.; Brown, Kristina G.; Mann, Courtney M. – School Psychology Review, 2011
Teacher judgments about students' academic abilities are important for instructional decision making and potential special education entitlement decisions. However, the small number of studies evaluating teachers' judgments are limited methodologically (e.g., sample size, procedural sophistication) and have yet to answer important questions…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Reading Achievement, Rating Scales
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Eckert, Tanya L.; Dunn, Erin K.; Codding, Robin S.; Begeny, John C.; Kleinmann, Ava E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
Teacher judgments have been identified as a primary source of information regarding student academic achievement. Research examining the accuracy of teachers' judgments in assessing students' academic abilities has shown relatively high accuracy. However, previous studies have relied primarily on norm-referenced measures to obtain estimates of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Academic Ability, Performance Based Assessment, Curriculum Based Assessment