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Vaughn, Sharon; Capin, Philip; Scammacca, Nancy; Roberts, Greg; Cirino, Paul; Fletcher, Jack M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
This study examines the initial word reading performance of fourth-grade struggling readers and the extent to which differing levels of word reading performance at pretest influenced their response to reading interventions. A large group of students with significant reading comprehension difficulties (N = 481) were classified into three clusters…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Predictor Variables, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
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Hendrickson, Jo; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
The effectiveness of two teaching procedures--antecedent and contingent modeling--in teaching basic sight vocabulary to learning disabled children was tested with two primary-school-age boys with severe reading disabilities. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulty, Sight Vocabulary
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Belfiore, Phillip J.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
The effects of color on the reading recognition and comprehension of 3 students (ages 10 to 11) with learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were assessed in 2 studies using a single-subject design. Color did not enhance sight-word learning; however, for longer reading comprehension tasks, color had an immediate positive…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Color, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities
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Hargis, Charles H.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1975
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
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Applebee, Arthur N. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
Four components of reading speed were identified, and a measure of the first component, reading speed of known vocabulary, was investigated on a mixed sample of 84 boys (6 to 14 years old), which included a high proportion of retarded readers. (Author/GW)
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulty
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Oakland, Thomas; Black, Jeffrey L.; Stanford, George; Nussbaum, Nancy L.; Balise, Raymond R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
The Dyslexia Training Program, a remedial reading program derived from Orton-Gillingham methods, embodies principles of structured phonetic instruction, drill and repetition, and multisensory methodology. Following the two-year program, dyslexic students (N=22) demonstrated significantly higher reading recognition and comprehension than a control…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Drills (Practice), Dyslexia, Elementary Education