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Cantrell, Susan Chambers; Powers, Sherry W.; Roth, Nathan P. – Research in the Schools, 2013
Examined in this study was instruction in two reading intervention programs, Reading Recovery and Reading Mastery, in the context of a statewide early reading initiative's first year of implementation. Through observations of 15 teachers, investigated in this study was the instructional focus of the intervention lessons and the extent to which…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Comparative Analysis, Intervention, Early Reading
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Mitchell, Courtney; Begeny, John C. – School Psychology Review, 2014
Parent tutoring offers potential as a means for assisting the large percentage of students who need to improve their reading skills. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a reading fluency intervention program when used by parents in the home during the summer months. Specifically, this study evaluated the effects of the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
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Zarry, Len – English Quarterly, 1984
Presents evidence that reading can be learned by the same informal and unstructured methods as speech, and calls for a concentration on slow readers. (CRH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Language Acquisition
Rathvon, Natalie – Guilford Publications, 2004
This indispensable resource offers a cutting-edge framework and practical tools for screening and assessing K-2 students at risk for reading problems. Provided are critical reviews of 42 specific measures, selected for optimal technical quality and presented in a clear, standardized format. Encapsulated are the scientific basis for each…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Early Reading, Reading Difficulties, Psychometrics
Haager, Diane, Ed.; Klingner, Janette, Ed.; Vaughn, Sharon, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2007
In this volume, highly regarded authors in the field of reading research share what they know about today's hottest topic in education--Response to Intervention (RTI), the key to helping struggling students "before they fall behind." More than 30 expert contributors reveal what the latest research says about RTI's Three-Tier Approach:…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Early Reading, Reading Research, Prevention
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Combs, Martha – Reading Teacher, 1987
Concludes that young children of varying abilities, given an opportunity to experience reading as a visual and a thought process, take a more active role in their own learning. (FL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Learning Processes, Modeling (Psychology), Parent Role
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Scarborough, Hollis S. – Child Development, 1990
At 30 months, children who were later considered dyslexic were deficient in length, sytactic complexity, and pronunciation of spoken language. At three years, children were deficit in receptive vocabulary and object-naming, and at five years, in phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge. These deficits were not found in normal reading children…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Longitudinal Studies, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Predictor Variables
Paths to Success, 1996
The first in a series reporting on strategies to improve children's readiness for school and to help schools be better prepared to meet the needs of all children, this report traces Arkansas' efforts to improve reading instruction. This issue discusses the following topics: (1) Reading in the First Grade: Now or Never? (2) Limitations and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Reading, Grade 1, Primary Education
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Baker, Bettina – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
The purpose of this report is to provide education professors teaching early literacy methods courses with information for beginning teachers to support struggling first-grade readers. This analysis identifies the specific word structures children are expected to know by the end of first grade, and shows the actual learning rates of these…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Programs
Tam, Hak Ping – 1987
To evaluate the 1987 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading (CLEAR)-Reading Recovery Summer Project undertaken in the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools, data on reading improvement of 59 first grade pupils from Douglas Alternative School were collected. The objective of the 5-week, 3-hour-per-day-program was to give students enough instruction…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Reading, Grade 1, Individualized Education Programs