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Download full textRachel Schechter; Laura Janakiefski – Online Submission, 2024
High-quality decodable books enhance literacy by providing children with focused practice opportunities to break down sounds they have learned and apply their decoding skills. Just Right Reader (JRR) hired LXD Research to measure its impact during a pilot study in the Spring of 2024 to determine the effect of their decodable books on literacy…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Urban Schools, Literacy, Reading Improvement
Direct linkNichols, Kelley L. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Elementary students in urban schools tend to report lower reading ability than their suburban counterparts. The general problem is that poor reading ability can have a negative impact on students' performance, but there does not seem to be any clear method for addressing the issue within the urban school environment. The specific problem is that…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Elementary School Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedMoses, Lindsey; Beth Kelly, Laura – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2019
This article provides an analysis of how a large, diverse Title I class of 1st-grade students spent independent reading time when an exemplary teacher provided instructional supports to foster engaged independent reading. The data derived from observational checklists that documented students' literacy-related, off-task, and transition behaviors;…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Grade 1, Reading Instruction
Wilkes, Shani; Kazakoff, Elizabeth R.; Prescott, Jen Elise; Bundschuh, Kristine; Hook, Pamela E.; Wolf, Raffaela; Hurwitz, Lisa B.; Macaruso, Paul – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2020
In the context of trying to improve reading proficiency in elementary school students, this study investigated the use of digital technology as part of a blended learning program, Core5, in kindergarten and first grade classes. A quasi-experimental design compared 283 treatment students instructed in schools using Core5 with 237 control students…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Blended Learning, Primary Education, Kindergarten
Council, Morris R., III; Gardner, Ralph, III; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Telesman, Alana O. – Preventing School Failure, 2019
Reading RACES--Relevant and Culturally Engaging Stories (RR) is a repeated reading intervention using culturally relevant literature that is delivered through computer software. This study extends previous research with RR intended to further evaluate the effects of RR on the fluency and comprehension growth of second-grade students with reading…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Urban Schools, Culturally Relevant Education
de Botton, Lena; Girbés, Sandra; Ruiz, Laura; Tellado, Itxaso – Improving Schools, 2014
This article analyses a case study on Moroccan mothers' involvement in the Dialogic Literary Gathering (DLG) in an urban primary school in Catalonia (Spain). DLG is a dialogic learning environment that improves reading skills and communicative abilities and promotes school-community links. This activity has been identified in previous European…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Mothers, Family Involvement
