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A Qualitative Study of Teacher Perceptions on Using an Explicit Instruction Curriculum to Teach Early Reading Skills to Students with Significant Developmental Disabilities
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Taylor, D. Bruce; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Flowers, Claudia – Reading Psychology, 2010
This study examines teachers' perceptions about a structured literacy curriculum that uses explicit instruction and teacher script combined with instructional practices common in special education such as time delay, error correction, and prompting strategies. The main research question addressed by this study was "What are the perceptions and…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Developmental Disabilities, Reading Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
The Development of Narrative Comprehension and Its Relation to Other Early Reading Skills
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Lynch, Julie S.; van den Broek, Paul; Kremer, Kathleen E.; Kendeou, Panayiota; White, Mary Jane; Lorch, Elizabeth P. – Reading Psychology, 2008
The first goal of this study was to examine young children's developing narrative comprehension abilities using theory-based, authentic measures of comprehension processes. The second goal was to examine the relations among young children's comprehension abilities and other early reading skills. Children ages 4 and 6 listened to or watched two…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Early Reading, Models, Phonological Awareness
Letter-Naming Knowledge in Kindergartners: What's Happening?
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Blanchard, Jay; Logan, John – Reading Psychology, 1988
Tests the statement in "Becoming a Nation of Readers" that kindergartners can name an average of 14 letters. Finds that a more realistic distribution is bi-modal in that most kindergartners know 8 or fewer letters, and only a few can name more than 20 letters. (RS)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Family Environment, Kindergarten Children, Letters (Alphabet)