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Literacy by Design: A Universal Design for Learning Approach for Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities
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Coyne, Peggy; Pisha, Bart; Dalton, Bridget; Zeph, Lucille A.; Smith, Nancy Cook – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
Literacy instruction for students with significant intellectual disabilities traditionally emphasizes isolated skills instruction focusing on sight words and basic vocabulary. Recent research suggests these students benefit from high-quality instruction that includes comprehension and storybook reading. This study examined the effect of a…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Beginning Reading, Mental Retardation, Reading Achievement
Efficacy of Thematic Units on Language and Literacy: A Collaborative Study of a Shelter Unit Intervention with Struggling First Graders
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Hale, Suzan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of using thematic units in small group instructional settings for struggling readers to increase oral language in the areas of receptive, expressive, and written vocabulary. This research examined the efficacy of using thematic units in small group instructional settings for struggling readers…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Student Attitudes, Enrichment Activities
The Effects of Word Walls and Word Wall Activities on the Reading Fluency of First Grade Students
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Jasmine, Joanne; Schiesl, Pamela – Reading Horizons, 2009
Reading fluency is the ability to read orally with speed and efficiency, including word recognition, decoding, and comprehension (Chard & Pikulski, 2005). Able readers achieve fluency as they recognize words with speed and build upon them to aid in comprehension (Pumfrey & Elliott, 1990). One way to help students achieve fluency is through the use…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Action Research, Sight Vocabulary, Bulletin Boards
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS): A Tool for Evaluating Student Learning?
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Kamii, Constance; Manning, Maryann – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2005
To evaluate the usefulness of two DIBELS subtests (Phonemic Segmentation Fluency and Nonsense Word Fluency), 107 kindergartners and 101 first-graders who had taken the DIBELS were given a writing-of-words task and the Slosson Oral Reading Test of sight words. In addition, the 1st-graders' DIBELS included an Oral Reading Fluency subtest that…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Student Evaluation, Reading Tests, Kindergarten