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Effects of a Summer Tutoring Program on Reading Achievement in Grades K-5
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John Z. Strong; Blythe E. Anderson – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an 18-day summer tutoring program in which graduate student tutors delivered 15 minutes of differentiated reading instruction (DRI) and a 30-minute interactive read-aloud (IRA) lesson each day. Students in grades K-5 (N = 179) attending a summer program at one urban elementary school…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students
Pivoting an Elementary Summer Reading Intervention to a Virtual Context in Response to COVID-19: An Examination of Program Transformation and Outcomes
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Beach, Kristen D.; Washburn, Erin K.; Gesel, Samantha A.; Williams, Paula – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2021
This exploratory investigation examined the transformation of a traditional summer reading intervention (SRI) to synchronous virtual format in response to school closures due to COVID-19. Goals were to adapt and describe the adaptation of the in-person intervention to the virtual environment, examine program outcomes, and understand tutor and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
Using Critical Incidents to Investigate Teacher Preparation: A Narrative Inquiry
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Adams, Megan; Rodriguez, Sanjuana – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
Fostering the development of the required knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for teachers to be successful in the classroom is a complex task. Teacher candidates must develop the skills needed to make 'professional decisions that lead to favorable student outcomes' (Warren, 2018, p. 169). There are many moments within a school day when…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Critical Incidents Method, Empathy, Power Structure
Improving Student Reading through Parents' Implementation of a Structured Reading Program
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Mitchell, Courtney; Begeny, John C. – School Psychology Review, 2014
Parent tutoring offers potential as a means for assisting the large percentage of students who need to improve their reading skills. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a reading fluency intervention program when used by parents in the home during the summer months. Specifically, this study evaluated the effects of the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
[Steps to Starting a Summerbridge Program.]
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Summerbridge National Project, San Francisco, CA. – 1994
A Summerbridge program is a comprehensive 2- to 3-year academic program with intensive summer and school-year sessions, year-round counseling, and family advocacy and is followed by continued support through high school. The tuition-free program targets talented students with limited educational opportunities who are taught by a faculty composed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling, Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth
Project STRIVE (Summer Trips Result in Valuable Education). Final Evaluation Report.
Harris, J. John, III; And Others – 1983
The 1983 Indianapolis Project STRIVE was designed to address the problem of youth unemployment while increasing opportunities for career education, enhancement of self-esteem, and the development of leadership skills among older adolescents, 16 to 21 years of age. Concurrently STRIVE was designed to provide elementary students with instruction in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education