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Kenn Apel; Victoria S. Henbest; Yaacov Petscher – Grantee Submission, 2022
Purpose: We examined whether affix type and base word transparency explained variation in third- through sixth-grade students' performance on a number of morphological awareness tasks. Method: Third- through sixth-grade students (n > 500 at each grade) completed morphological awareness tasks from the Morphological Awareness Test for Reading and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Wang, Zuowei; Sabatini, John; O'Reilly, Tenaha; Weeks, Jonathan – Grantee Submission, 2018
We report results of two studies examining the relation between decoding and reading comprehension. Based on our analysis of prominent reading theories such as the Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986), the Lexical Quality Hypothesis (Perfetti & Hart, 2002) and the Self-teaching Hypothesis (Share, 1995), we propose the Decoding…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Reading Comprehension, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Jacovina, Matthew E.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
In this chapter, we describe several intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) designed to support student literacy through reading comprehension and writing instruction and practice. Although adaptive instruction can be a powerful tool in the literacy domain, developing these technologies poses significant challenges. For example, evaluating the…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Literacy Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Chu, Haiwen; Fong, Anthony B. – Grantee Submission, 2015
This report contributes to understanding of the academic trajectories of ELL [English language learner] students within the FWISD [Fort Worth Independent School District]. The focus is on all students who enrolled as first-time sixth graders at the International Newcomer Academy (INA) in the 2006-2007 school year, a cohort of 48 students. These…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Grade 6, Spanish Speaking, Low Income Students