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Martínez, Angélica María Martínez – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2011
Explicit systematic phonics instruction is more effective for native English-speaking children learning to read and write than non explicit phonics instruction (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000). This study goes beyond native speakers, and explores the effects that systematic and explicit phonics instruction has on…
Descriptors: Phonics, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Individualized Instruction
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Brown, Pamela U.; Castle, Kathryn; Rogers, Karen M.; Feuerhelm, Caren; Chimblo, Sarah – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the lived experiences of a primary teacher in order to illuminate the nature of primary teaching. Using qualitative methods, five university researchers spent nine months during the course of one school year with a second grade teacher and her students. This inquiry took a multiple lens…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Grade 2, Teacher Student Relationship
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2008
This study examined whether "Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools"[R] improve students' reading assessment scores. The study reported higher gains in reading assessment scores for students who participated in the "CDF Freedom Schools"[R] program than for students who did not participate, evaluating more than 3,000…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Scores, Reading Tests, Summer Programs
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Damico, Jack S.; Nelson, Ryan L.; Damico, Holly; Abendroth, Kathleen; Scott, Jennifer – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2008
Employing an interactional analysis and focusing on the complexity of meaning making, this study investigates the uses of several types of avoidance strategies generated by a language-disordered boy who is struggling with literacy. The results suggest that these avoidance strategies may function as compensatory adaptations that assist him in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Males, Preadolescents, Literacy
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2008
"Early Intervention in Reading"[R] is a program designed to provide extra instruction to groups of students at risk of failing to learn to read. The program uses picture books to stress instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, and contextual analysis, along with repeated reading and writing. In grades K, 1, and 2, the program is based…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Picture Books, Educational Research, Program Effectiveness
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Zindler, Rachel – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: This study is based on prior research regarding the need for explicit social instruction for children with special needs, cooperative educational models, and the goals and relative successes of inclusive educational practices. The author refers to several studies on these subjects, including those by Kavale and Forness; Salend;…
Descriptors: General Education, Social Life, Physical Disabilities, Educational Practices
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2008
This study examined the effect of the "Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling" ("LETRS)" professional development curriculum on the reading achievement of second graders. The authors examined data on more than 5,000 second graders from ninety elementary schools in four states during the 2005-06 school year.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Early Reading, Elementary School Teachers, Professional Development
Pelletier, Nancy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This summative program evaluation study investigated the Response to Intervention (RTI) pilot literacy block program that was implemented in first and second grade classrooms in a small southeastern suburban school. All 111 students in the first and second grade were involved in this RTI model during the 2010-2011 school year including special…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Response to Intervention, Literacy Education
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Rowan, Brian; Correnti, Richard – Educational Researcher, 2009
This article describes some of the conceptual and methodological issues that arise when researchers use teacher logs to measure classroom instruction. Data and examples come from the Study of Instructional Improvement, which used teacher logs to study patterns of literacy instruction in schools implementing three comprehensive school reforms. Over…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Literacy, Elementary School Teachers, Diaries
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Shanahan, Timothy; Callison, Kim; Carriere, Christine; Duke, Nell K.; Pearson, P. David; Schatschneider, Christopher; Torgesen, Joseph – What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
Strong reading comprehension skills are central not only to academic and professional success, but also to a productive social and civic life. These skills build the capacity to learn independently, to absorb information on a variety of topics, to enjoy reading, and to experience literature more deeply. Despite the growing demand for highly…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Champion, Tempii B.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I.; Rivers, Kenyatta O.; McCabe, Allyssa – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: Research has established that African American (AA) children are lagging behind other children in their reading skills. A number of factors have been proposed to account for the literacy gap; however no single factor has entirely explained this disparity. This investigation examined the appropriateness of the Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Speech Communication, Investigations, Language Variation
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Kostos, Kathleen; Shin, Eui-kyung – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2010
As an action research project, using mixed methodology, this study investigated how the use of math journals affected second grade students' communication of mathematical thinking. For this study, math journal instruction was provided. The data gathering included pre- and post- math assessment, students' math journals, interviews with the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Program Effectiveness, Mathematics Instruction, Journal Writing
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Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Lara-Alecio, Rafael; Yoon, Myeongsun; Mathes, Patricia G. – Elementary School Journal, 2010
This longitudinal study investigated 196 Hispanic English learners' responses to an English instructional intervention from kindergarten to second grade. The effect of student gender was also examined as a secondary focus. The intervention consisted of ongoing professional development and structured and systematic English intervention during an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness, Second Language Learning
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Morrison, Frederick J. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
The four articles in this issue exemplify several exciting trends in the ongoing effort to understand the nature and sources of children's academic trajectories. Particularly noteworthy is the common thread of searching for key parenting and child mediators of the connection between parental educational accomplishments and child outcomes. In an…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Adolescents, Academic Achievement, Trend Analysis
Ducharme, Daphne; Leblanc, Raymond; Bourassa, Michelle; Chevalier, Jacques – Online Submission, 2011
This article describes a collaborative research study of university researchers and Grades one and two teachers from an Ontario, Canada French-language School Board. The School Board offered phonological awareness and reading-teaching training to grades one and two teachers with a long-term goal of improving the reading outcomes of the students in…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Acculturation, Phonological Awareness, Foreign Countries
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