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Download full textAlmanza, Tina – 1997
A study examined a comparison of the effectiveness of cooperative learning in small groups with whole classroom instruction using the Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) during reading. Subjects for the 8-week study were 53 sixth-graders from 2 classes in Brooklyn, New York. The stories used all came from the same basal reader. A reading…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Cury, Janice – 2001
A study examined a program entitled "Summer Opportunity to Accelerate Reading" (S.O.A.R.), which provided early intervention to accelerate literacy learning for at-risk students completing kindergarten through grade 2 in 2000-01. Subjects were 2188 students enrolled in 12 S.O.A.R. campuses. Ethnicity was diverse with 58% Hispanic…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students, Learning Activities
