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Direct linkVolpe, Robert J.; Burns, Matthew K.; DuBois, Matthew; Zaslofsky, Anne Follen – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
The profound consequences of early reading failure necessitate the provision of early literacy interventions to struggling readers. Many schools struggle, however, to address early reading difficulties because of insufficient human resources. Accordingly, the present study investigated the effectiveness of incremental rehearsal (IR) as a Tier 3…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Early Reading, Reading Failure
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2009
"Reading Recovery"[R] is a short-term tutoring intervention designed to serve the lowest-achieving (bottom 20%) first-grade students. The goals of "Reading Recovery"[R] include: promoting literacy skills; reducing the number of first-grade students who are struggling to read; and preventing long-term reading difficulties. The…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Failure, Second Language Learning
Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Foorman, Barbara – Community Literacy Journal, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to describe the efficacy of early literacy interventions and to discuss possible roles for volunteer tutors in helping prevent reading difficulties within the Response to Intervention process. First, we describe a landmark study that evaluated the impact of primary classroom instruction on reducing the proportion of…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Early Intervention, Reading Failure, At Risk Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Reading Recovery"[R] is a short-term tutoring intervention program intended to serve the lowest achieving (bottom 20%) first-grade students. Students are chosen for "Reading Recovery"[R] by school staff, and selection is based on prior reading achievement, diagnostic testing (the Clay Observation Survey of Early Literacy…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Grade 1, Reading Research, Literacy Education
Kourea, Lefki; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Musti-Rao, Shobana – Remedial and Special Education, 2007
This study reports the results of a peer-mediated intervention, total class peer tutoring, on the academic performance of six urban students at risk for reading failure. A multiple baseline design across subjects was used to evaluate the effects of this intervention. The results showed that five of the six students significantly increased their…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Skills
Pullen, Paige C.; Lane, Holly B.; Monaghan, Maureen C. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2004
This study examines the effectiveness of a one-on-one reading intervention using trained tutors. Participants were 49 first-grade students at risk for reading failure. The three-step tutoring model included repeated reading of familiar text, explicit coaching in decoding and word-solving strategies, and reading new books during each 15-minute…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Volunteers, Grade 1, Emergent Literacy
