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Direct linkBryant, Kerry G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The study examined music-integrated (MI) instruction, framed by automatic information processing theory and elements of prosody. A quasi-experimental, pre- and posttest design was utilized to ascertain the effect of MI instruction on reading fluency among first grade students. Subjects were students in two public elementary schools in Georgia. To…
Descriptors: Music Education, Reading Fluency, Grade 1, Reading Instruction
Tucker, Christine N. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many schools in the United States use the IQ-achievement discrepancy method to identify children with learning disabilities (a significant split between their intelligence and their achievement skills). Unfortunately struggling students who are not identified by this method remain in the regular education setting with no additional supports and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, At Risk Students, Social Change, Grade 4
Cerasale, Mark William – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has mandated that all public school students will be reading at grade level by the 2013-2014 school year. Florida has embarked on an agenda to ensure that the kindergarten through high school student population is reading at or above grade level by 2014. Many of Florida's low-performing student population,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Federal Legislation, Mild Mental Retardation, Program Effectiveness
Olson, Peter Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study attempted to determine whether giving lower-performing tutors preferential treatment over their higher-performing tutees before they engaged in peer tutoring sessions may help increase the reading achievement for these lower-performing tutors. The preferential treatment consisted of giving teacher-delivered instruction in a targeted…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Special Needs Students, Peer Teaching, Grade 2
Farran, Lama K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation examined the relationship between language and reading in bilingual English-Arabic children. The dissertation followed a two chapter Review and Research Format. Chapter One presents a review of research that examined the relationship between oral language and reading development in bilingual English-Arabic children. Chapter Two…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Caudill-Hansen, Karen J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Serious reading problems exist among middle school learners as evidenced by declining national reading scores and increased dropout rates. In response to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) expectations in reading, several experts have promoted a scripted repeated reading strategy such as readers' theater as a possible approach to improving student…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Grade 6, Middle School Students, Intermediate Grades
