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Pace Miles, Katharine; Fletcher, Andrew – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2023
This article details a large-scale tutor-to-teacher pipeline created in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program addressed two vital needs: 1) improving outcomes for striving readers in high-needs communities, and 2) improving teacher training in both evidence- and research-based instruction. Across school year (SY) 2020-2021 and 2021-2022,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Tutoring
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Yang, Shuyi – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
The present study investigated the applicability of word reading, word segmentation, and text reading as diagnostic tools to assess comprehension, detect struggling readers, and inform instruction for low-level Chinese as second language (L2) learners (n = 70). The results showed that the three instruments measured different dimensions of word…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Reading Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Mandarin Chinese
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Russak, Susie; Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor – Second Language Research, 2017
This article examines the effect of phonological context (singleton vs. clustered consonants) on full phoneme segmentation in Hebrew first language (L1) and in English second language (L2) among typically reading adults (TR) and adults with reading disability (RD) (n = 30 per group), using quantitative analysis and a fine-grained analysis of…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Phonemes
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Bowers, Jeffrey S.; Davis, Colin J.; Mattys, Sven L.; Damian, Markus F.; Hanley, Derek – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2009
Three picture-word interference (PWI) experiments assessed the extent to which embedded subset words are activated during the identification of spoken superset words (e.g., "bone" in "trombone"). Participants named aloud pictures (e.g., "brain") while spoken distractors were presented. In the critical condition,…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonemes, Identification, Auditory Perception
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Joshi, R. Malatesha; Binks, Emily; Hougen, Martha; Dahlgren, Mary E.; Ocker-Dean, Emily; Smith, Dennie L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Several national reports have suggested the usefulness of systematic, explicit, synthetic phonics instruction based on English word structure along with wide reading of quality literature for supporting development in early reading instruction. Other studies have indicated, however, that many in-service teachers are not knowledgeable in the basic…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonics, Phonemes, Beginning Reading
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Parrila, Rauno; Georgiou, George; Corkett, Julie – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2007
This study examined the status of current reading, spelling, and phonological processing skills of 28 university students who reported a history of reading acquisition problems. The results indicated that 21 of these participants were currently able to comprehend text at a level expected for university students, although only 8 at a rate…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, College Students, Spelling, Reading Comprehension