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Nilvius, Camilla; Svensson, Idor – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
Reading abilities in Swedish students have declined in recent decades. The current study examined the effectiveness of a full-scale three-tier Response to Intervention (RtI) model designed to improve reading skills in Swedish students. Participants were grade 2 students in a primary school setting. A quasi-experimental between-group design was…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Response to Intervention, Reading Improvement
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Fälth, Linda; Brkovic, Irma; Kerestes, Gordana; Svensson, Idor; Hjelmquist, Erland; Tjus, Tomas – Reading Psychology, 2023
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of a multimodal program, designed for practicing reading, on reading development in struggling readers in two different countries. The research question was whether one specific training method will have a positive effect on pupils' reading development in two different countries with…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Intervention, Skill Development, Foreign Countries
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Roos, Helena; Fälth, Linda; Karlsson, Lena; Nilvius, Camilla; Selenius, Heidi; Svensson, Idor – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2023
This study investigated whether mathematics education based on a multi-tiered response to intervention (RTI) model can support students' arithmetic competence in primary schools in Sweden. The intent was to identify and support students at risk of failure. In this study, 113 students participated in the intervention, and 30 students participated…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Intervention
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Lindeblad, Emma; Svensson, Idor; Gustafson, Stefan – Reading Psychology, 2016
This study investigated the self-image and psychological well-being in 67 children and adolescents age 10-16 years with severe reading difficulties and/or dyslexia. The participants were assessed with Beck Youth Inventory regarding symptoms of depression, anxiety, and negative self-image. The results showed that the participants do not depict…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Well Being, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Reading Difficulties
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Gustafson, Stefan; Falth, Linda; Svensson, Idor; Tjus, Tomas; Heimann, Mikael – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
In a longitudinal intervention study, the effects of three intervention strategies on the reading skills of children with reading disabilities in Grade 2 were analyzed. The interventions consisted of computerized training programs: One bottom-up intervention aimed at improving word decoding skills and phonological abilities, the second…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Disabilities, Decoding (Reading)