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Defining Learning Disability: Does IQ Have Anything Significant to Say?
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Dunn, Michael W. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
A debate exists in the research community about replacing the traditional IQ/achievement discrepancy method for learning disability identification with a "response-to-intervention model". This new assessment paradigm uses a student's level of improvement with small-group or individual programming to determine a possible need for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Reading Failure, Disability Identification
English Language Learners' Perceptions of Autonomy Support in a Literacy Classroom
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Taboada, A.; Kidd, J. K.; Tonks, S. M. – Research in the Schools, 2010
In this study, we explored 3 Grade 4 English Language Learners' (ELLs) perceptions of teacher autonomy-supporting practices in literacy instruction in science. The support of autonomy in literacy classes is central to students' internal motivation for reading. Given that many ELLs are at risk for reading failure, understanding autonomous learning…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Reading Difficulties, Literacy Education, Reading Failure
The Effect of Repeated Reading with Pairs of Students in a Large-Group Setting on Fluency and Comprehension for Students at Risk for Reading Failure
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Frame, John N. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Problem: Some students are failing to develop acceptable reading skills; however, instructional time allocated to reading fluency can increase reading comprehension. The purpose of this study was to compare students who received repeated reading with pairs of students in a large-group setting with those who did not in terms of reading fluency,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
The Predictive Validity of Early Reading Curriculum-Based Measurement of High-Stakes Tests in Grades 3, 4 and 5
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Caywood-Rukas, Debra – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study is to determine the predictive validity of early literacy curriculum-based measurement on high-stakes reading tests administered in grades 3, 4 and 5. This study will examine curriculum-based measurement subtests kindergarten Dynamic Indicators of Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Letter-Naming Fluency (LNF) and 1st grade…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Fluency, Early Reading, Grades (Scholastic)
The Impact of an Early Literacy Intervention: Where Are the Children Now?
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Schmitt, Maribeth Cassidy; Gregory, Anne E. – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2005
The purpose of this study was to contribute to and strengthen previous work that examined the long-lasting effects of Reading Recovery in statewide efforts aimed at bolstering early literacy achievement and reducing early learning difficulties. Specifically, the study explored the literacy achievement of Reading Recovery participants whose series…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Prevention, Reading Programs
Metacognitive Strategy Knowledge: Comparison of Former Reading Recovery Children and Their Current Classmates
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Schmitt, Maribeth Cassidy – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2003
The purpose of this study was two-fold: (a) to explore the nature of elementary school children's metacognitive knowledge of strategies appropriate for before, during, and after reading; and (b) to determine whether children who had participated in Reading Recovery instruction in the first grade had similar understandings as their current third-…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Failure, Reading Strategies, Metacognition