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Delpeche, Helene E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The transition to college may present beginning college learners with novel academic opportunities and challenges, including the requirement to learn independently from complex college-level texts. Several achievement motivation factors may play a role in explaining differences in beginning college learners' use of deep-level reading comprehension…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Student Attitudes
Rakestraw, Kimberly R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the Read 180 program as a Response to Intervention reading strategy tool for middle school students. This study explored the effect of the RtI-designed technology-based reading program on seventh and eighth-grade students labeled as at-risk for reading failure. Data was analyzed using the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Response to Intervention
Joiner, Sherrie Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Reading is a skill, which is essential for a child's school success. The purpose of this quantitative, causal-comparative study was to investigate the effects of the Reading Recovery (RR) Program. The data utilized were from two groups of students at-risk in the area of reading, first-grade students involved in at least 12 weeks of Reading…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, Early Intervention