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Peer reviewedMitchell, Mary Jane; Fox, Barbara J. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2001
Examines the effectiveness of two computer programs designed to increase phonological awareness in young children. Finds that children who received computer-administered phonological awareness instruction and children who received teacher-delivered phonological awareness instruction showed a significant increase in phonological processing over…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness, Kindergarten
Download full textMeier, Joanne D.; Invernizzi, Marcia – 1999
A study implemented and evaluated the Book Buddies model using National Service volunteers as tutors for high-risk first-grade students in a high-poverty urban setting. Using a design with a randomly assigned control group, results show that tutoring sessions produced clear effects. Children who received 40 Book Buddies lessons significantly…
Descriptors: Grade 1, High Risk Students, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedEldredge, J. Lloyd – Journal of Educational Research, 1990
Third grade students involved in group-assisted reading made greater achievement gains in comprehension and vocabulary than did those who were given no assistance. Group-assisted reading is easy to implement and may be used to help remedial readers perform better. (JD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Grade 3, Primary Education
Brown, Rachel; And Others – 1995
A study investigated the effectiveness of the Students Achieving Independent Learning (SAIL) program, an educator-developed approach to transactional strategies instruction (TSI). Five groups of six previously low-achieving second-grade students received a year of transactional strategies instruction and five groups of six students received a year…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education
Peer reviewedGunn, Barbara; Smolkowski, Keith; Biglan, Anthony; Black, Carol – Journal of Special Education, 2002
A study involving 195 Hispanic and non-Hispanic students (grades K-2) with reading difficulties found that children who received supplemental reading instruction that taught basic decoding and comprehension skills for two years performed better on measures of word attack, word identification, oral reading fluency, vocabulary, and reading…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Early Intervention, Hispanic Americans, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedO'Connor, Rollanda E.; Jenkins, Joseph R. – Journal of Special Education, 1995
This study tested whether the application and transfer of segmentation and letter knowledge to reading could be encouraged by teaching spelling alongside code-based reading instruction, with five matched pairs of kindergarten children with developmental delays. Spelling and word reading performance significantly improved for the experimental…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Developmental Delays, Generalization
Peer reviewedBaker, Scott; Gersten, Russell; Keating, Thomas – Reading Research Quarterly, 2000
Describes "Start Making a Reader Today" (SMART), a volunteer tutoring program that helps K-2 students at risk of reading difficulties. Finds that the program improved students' word reading, reading fluency, and word comprehension, though level of performance at end of second grade was still much lower than that of average-achieving…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Longitudinal Studies, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
