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Kesler, Ted – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2023
Using the Learning by Design multiliteracies framework, writing workshop was transformed into composing workshop. The researcher worked with a team of four second grade teachers in an urban public elementary school to redesign their Kevin Henkes author study to equally value art and design, guiding their students in creating their own narrative…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Grade 2, Picture Books, Authors
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Michelle Bauml – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2023
In this article, the author describes how an "I do, we do, you do" scaffolded approach for explicit instruction can be utilized to teach map skills to students in kindergarten through grade 2. She argues that classroom teachers who are familiar with explicit instruction may frequently use the model for reading and math instruction while…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Map Skills, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Salas, Naymé; Pascual, Mariona; Birello, Marilisa; Cross, Anna – Written Communication, 2023
Teaching linguistic aspects relevant to text construction is an essential component of any thorough writing instruction program, despite the conflicting evidence regarding its effectiveness. In this study, 889 second- and fourth-grade students were assigned to one of three conditions: Self-Regulated Development (SRSD), SRSD-connectors (SRSD-C),…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Self Management, Writing Strategies
Bauer, Patricia J.; Esposito, Alena G.; Daly, James J. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Semantic knowledge accumulates through explicit means and productive processes (e.g., analogy). These means work in concert when information explicitly acquired in separate episodes is integrated, and the integrated representation is used to self-derive new knowledge. We tested whether (a) self-derivation through memory integration extends beyond…
Descriptors: Semantics, Memory, Retention (Psychology), Grade 2
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Doabler, Christian T.; Therrien, William J.; Longhi, Maria A.; Roberts, Greg; Hess, Katherine E.; Maddox, Steven A.; Uy, Jasmine; Lovette, Gail E.; Fall, Anna-Maria; Kimmel, Georgia L.; Benson, Sarah; VanUitert, Victoria J.; Emily Wilson, Sarah; Powell, Sarah R.; Sampson, Victor; Toprac, Paul – Remedial and Special Education, 2021
This study, which was reviewed through the Registered Report process, examined the initial efficacy of the Scientific Explorers program (Sci2) on second-grade students' science achievement. Sci2 is grounded in the growing body of empirical research on science instruction, embedding principles of explicit instruction within a guided inquiry-based…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 2, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
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August, Diane; Uccelli, Paola; Artzi, Lauren; Barr, Christopher; Francis, David J. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2021
In this cluster randomized control trial study, the authors explored the efficacy of an intervention designed to improve second-grade English learners' knowledge of challenging, high-utility English vocabulary. The authors also examined whether the intervention had a differential effect on content words that differ on two attributes (cognate…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Vocabulary Development, Academic Language, Reading Instruction
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Engvall, Margareta; Samuelsson, Joakim; Östergren, Rickard – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2020
Mastering traditional algorithms has formed mathematics teaching in primary education. Educational reforms have emphasized variation and creativity in teaching and using computational strategies. These changes have recently been criticized for lack of empirical support. This research examines the effect of teaching two differently structured…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
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Bouck, Emily C.; Long, Holly; Jakubow, Larissa – Preventing School Failure, 2022
Little-to-no research examines the provision of targeted mathematical interventions to students struggling with mathematics in a virtual environment. And yet, the global pandemic of 2020--extending into 2021--found schools in such a scenario. This article reports two studies in which researchers explored the intervention package of explicit…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Direct Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention
Bartley, Carmen; Gibbons, Kimberly; Good, Annalee; Moutry, Alisia – Region 10 Comprehensive Center, 2020
This document was created in response to a request from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to the Wisconsin Minnesota Comprehensive Center (WMCC) Region 10 to provide information on high-quality, qualitative studies about K-2 explicit, systematic phonics instruction. This document is intended to supplement the review document:…
Descriptors: Phonics, Reading Instruction, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Bartley, Carmen; Gibbons, Kimberly; Good, Annalee; Moutry, Alisia – Region 10 Comprehensive Center, 2020
This document was created in response to a request from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to the Wisconsin Minnesota Comprehensive Center (WMCC) Region 10 to provide information on high-quality, qualitative studies about explicit, systematic phonics instruction in grades K-2. It is meant for internal use by the Department of Public…
Descriptors: Phonics, Reading Instruction, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Guilmois, Céline; Popa-Roch, Maria; Clément, Céline; Bissonnette, Steve; Troadec, Bertrand – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2019
The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of explicit instruction, compared to constructivist instruction, in teaching subtraction in schools with a high concentration of students from a disadvantaged social background: eighty-seven second graders (mean age in months = 90.95, SD = 5.30). Two groups received explicit versus…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention
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Thompson, Julie L.; Wood, Charles L.; Preston, Angela; Stevenson, Bradley – Education and Treatment of Children, 2019
Providing group instruction with high levels of opportunities to respond, including unison responding, is critical to maximize the educational instruction of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in public schools. Direct Instruction (DI) has shown promise in teaching skills to students with ASD. DI is generally taught to small groups…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Direct Instruction, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Fancher, Lee Ann; Priestley-Hopkins, Deborah A.; Jeffries, Lynn M. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2018
This systematic review provides an overview of the impact of early writing in preschoolers and the effectiveness of handwriting interventions between kindergarten and second grade. Seven experimental studies (pre-K-7 yo) and eight handwriting intervention group studies (pre-K-2) were reviewed. The results suggest that writing letters in late…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Writing Instruction, Preschool Children, Intervention
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Medina, Adriana L.; Hancock, Stephen D.; Hathaway, Jennifer I.; Pilonieta, Paola; Holshouser, Kaitlyn O. – Reading Psychology, 2021
This study sought to examine sustained, school-based professional development (PD) on explicit reading comprehension strategy instruction (ERCSI) and its influence on teacher knowledge and practice and on student outcomes. Eight teachers participated - four first-grade and two teachers each from second and third grade. At the beginning of the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Direct Instruction, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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Knoll, Tara – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2021
English Language Learners, such as my Hutterian students, struggle to overcome a variety of learning barriers. I examined a variety of instructional methods to determine what would help them. The first aspect I explored was how English Language Learners acquire literacy skills. I also investigated how to expand my students' background knowledge.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Barriers, Teaching Methods
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