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Rachel Schiff; Shani Levy-Shimon; Lior Oanunu Shashoua; Ayelet Sasson – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2025
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a multi-component homograph processing intervention complemented by Executive Function (EF) skills on the performance of struggling readers. The researchers focused on measuring improvements in literacy, metalinguistic abilities, cognitive/EF skills acquired during the intervention, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties
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Vaknin-Nusbaum, Vered; Raveh, Michal – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The effectiveness of an intervention program aimed at improving morphological awareness was evaluated in Hebrew-speaking poor readers in Grade 5. The 12-week intervention in small groups focused on learning morphological structure of words by identifying, decomposing, and constructing morphologically complex words. Results were compared with a…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Grade 5, Reading Skills, Morphology (Languages)
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Nevo, Einat; Vaknin-Nusbaum, Vered – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2018
The effectiveness of a short interactive storybook-reading intervention programme delivered by a kindergarten teacher to develop language and print-concept skills was examined in 30 Hebrew-speaking kindergarten children exhibiting different levels of emergent literacy skills. Post-intervention, the intervention group showed a clear advantage over…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Books, Kindergarten, Semitic Languages
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Tovli, Esther – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
This study aimed to examine the effect of an intensive reading intervention on reading motivation. The intervention program, ("Joy of Reading"), was implemented in six 2nd grade special education classes for pupils with learning disabilities, compared to a control group (n = 108 pupils in total). The intervention program was created…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Motivation, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
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Levin, Iris; Aram, Dorit – Reading Research Quarterly, 2013
The present study compared the effects of different mediation routines provided to kindergartners from families of low socioeconomic status on the students' invented spelling attempts and on their gains obtained on spelling and other early literacy skills (letter naming, sounds of letters, word segmentation, and word decoding). The effects of the…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Invented Spelling, Kindergarten, Young Children
Goldfus, Carol; Gotesman, Edith – Educational Technology, 2010
This article describes a study to determine whether assistive technology, specifically text-to-speech software, can be used to help students with dyslexia cope with academic texts in English. Results from the study indicated that the text-to-speech software enhances students' immediate and long-term academic reading performances. A list of…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology