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Di Liu; Catharine Lory; Qingli Lei; Weiwei Cai; Yiwen Mao; Xuan Yang – Journal of Special Education, 2024
Measurement concepts are an essential foundation for more advanced mathematical concepts. To address the challenges of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in learning measurement concepts, this study investigated the effects of using a combination of explicit instruction and virtual manipulatives (VMs) to teach measurement concepts to…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Direct Instruction, Measurement
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Jouhar, Mohammed R.; Rupley, William H. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2021
Although much is known of the impact of systematic reading instruction on writing performance and of systematic writing instruction on reading comprehension, little is known regarding the reading-writing connection based on independent reading and writing. This systematic review identified 13 experimental studies published between 1970 and 2019…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, Independent Reading, Direct Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Kinskey, Melanie – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
There has been a focus on improving teachers' views of nature of science for decades. The method in which researchers improve views of nature of science, however, varies greatly. This study aimed to improve elementary preservice teachers' views of nature of science and nature of science instruction through a course assignment that required the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Speech Skills, Listening Skills, Writing Skills
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Skarr, Adam; Zielinski, Katie; Ruwe, Kellen; Sharp, Hannah; Williams, Randy L.; McLaughlin, T. F. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine if a typical third-grade boy and fifth-grade girl and a boy with learning disabilities could benefit from the combined use of Direct Instruction (DI) flashcard and math racetrack procedures in an after-school program. The dependent variable was accuracy and fluency of saying basic multiplication facts. A…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 5, Learning Disabilities, Direct Instruction
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DeVoogd, Karen; Lane-Garon, Pamela; Kralowec, Charles A. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2016
Seven schools in an economically challenged area of an urban school district in central California implemented mentored peer mediation programs under the guidance of a university-K-12 partnership project, Mediator Mentors. Individual student outcomes for social-cognitive dispositions, perceptions of school climate, conflict strategy choices, and…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Conflict Resolution, Social Development, Emotional Development
Randy Paul Lachney – ProQuest LLC, 2002
This dissertation examined the efficacy of using minimally trained college undergraduates to tutor third- through fifth-grade students with reading difficulties. Tutors receiving four hours of training in scripted reading program based on the principles of Direct Instruction and emphasizing explicit instruction in phonological awareness and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Grade 3, Grade 4