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Summary of Outcomes from First Grade Study with "Read, Write, and Type" and "Auditory Discrimination in Depth" Instruction and Software with At-Risk Children. FCRR Technical Report #2
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Torgesen, Joseph K.; Wagner, Richard K.; Rashotte, Carol A.; Herron, Jeannine – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the relative effectiveness of two computer supported approaches to teaching beginning reading skills that differed in important aspects of their instructional approach and emphasis. One of the programs was "Auditory Discrimination in Depth," which provides very explicit instruction and practice in…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, At Risk Students, Decoding (Reading)
Explaining Social Class Differences in Growth of Reading Skills from Beginning Kindergarten through Fourth-Grade: The Role of Phonological Awareness, Rate of Access, and Print Knowledge.
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Hecht, Steven A.; Burgess, Stephen R.; Torgesen, Joseph K.; Wagner, Richard K.; Rashotte, Carol A. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2000
Presents a longitudinal study that aims to further understanding of reasons for social class differences in growth of decoding and reading comprehension skills from beginning kindergarten through children's fourth grade year. Finds that the reasons for social class differences in growth of reading skills depended on the time interval that was…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies, Reading Comprehension
Repeated Reading and Reading Fluency in Learning Disabled Children.
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Rashotte, Carol A.; Torgesen, Joseph K. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1985
Investigates whether improved fluency and comprehension across different stories in repeated reading depend on the degree of word overlap among passages and whether repeated reading is more effective than an equivalent amount of nonrepetitive reading. (HOD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Feedback, Learning Disabilities