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Effects of a Summer Reading Intervention on the Reading Performance of Elementary Grade Students from Low-Income Families
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Beach, Kristen D.; Traga Philippakos, Zoi A. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of 42 hr of reading instruction during summer on (a) reading performance of rising second and third graders (n = 39), who were from low-income families and who read below grade level, and (b) the fall reading outcomes between this group and their nonparticipating peers. The intervention was…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Intervention, Reading Achievement
Effects of a Summer Reading Intervention on Reading Skills for Low-Income Black and Hispanic Students in Elementary School
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Beach, Kristen D.; McIntyre, Ellen; Philippakos, Zoi A.; Mraz, Maryann; Pilonieta, Paola; Vintinner, Jean P. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2018
We evaluated the effects of a summer reading intervention with a sample of low-income Black and Hispanic students who were struggling readers. In the summer before their 2nd- or 3rd-grade school year, 14 rising 2nd graders and 18 rising 3rd graders received 15 hr of a scripted, explicit phonics-based program in dyads from credentialed elementary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3, Low Income Students