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Gafoor, Kunnathodi Abdul; Remia, K. R. – Online Submission, 2013
The context of this paper is studies worldwide on influence of phonological factors in language development of children. Such studies reveal the significance of Phonological Awareness in development language skills: including, predictive value of phonological short-term memory for reading skills in Grade 1. This paper throws light on factors in…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Alphabets, Reading Ability, Grade 1
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Dunn, Michael W. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
A debate exists in the research community about replacing the traditional IQ/achievement discrepancy method for learning disability identification with a "response-to-intervention model". This new assessment paradigm uses a student's level of improvement with small-group or individual programming to determine a possible need for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Reading Failure, Disability Identification
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Ruhe, Valerie – ERS Spectrum, 2006
Reading Recovery is a short-term intervention program for first-graders who are at risk of failure in reading and writing. More than 1.5 million children have been served in the United States since 1984, and pre- and post-test Observation Survey scores have been collected across the nation for the past 20 years. Yet there is a need to determine…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Reading Failure, Achievement Tests, Program Effectiveness
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Schmitt, Maribeth Cassidy; Gregory, Anne E. – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2005
The purpose of this study was to contribute to and strengthen previous work that examined the long-lasting effects of Reading Recovery in statewide efforts aimed at bolstering early literacy achievement and reducing early learning difficulties. Specifically, the study explored the literacy achievement of Reading Recovery participants whose series…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Prevention, Reading Programs
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Ruhe, Valerie; Paula, Moore – ERS Spectrum, 2005
Reading Recovery is a short-term intervention for first-grade children with reading and writing difficulties. This longitudinal study investigated the performance of a cohort of 1998 Reading Recovery students on later literacy achievement as measured by the 2001 Grade 4 Maine Educational Assessment (MEA). The results showed that the average MEA…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Grade 4
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Schmitt, Maribeth Cassidy – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2003
The purpose of this study was two-fold: (a) to explore the nature of elementary school children's metacognitive knowledge of strategies appropriate for before, during, and after reading; and (b) to determine whether children who had participated in Reading Recovery instruction in the first grade had similar understandings as their current third-…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Failure, Reading Strategies, Metacognition