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The Effects of Contingency Contracts on the Correct Use of Punctuation Marks in Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities
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Grünke, Matthias – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2019
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a simple contingency contracting intervention on the correct use of punctuation marks in freely produced texts by elementary school children with learning disabilities. This approach can be considered a promising strategy for facilitating the development of academic skills in…
Descriptors: Punctuation, Elementary School Students, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Estimating Gender Ratios of Poor Reading Using Large-Scale Assessments
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Limbrick, Lisa; Wheldall, Kevin; Madelaine, Alison – Australian Journal of Education, 2010
Extensive research indicates that there are more boys than girls who are struggling readers, although considerable variation in gender ratios has been reported as a result of a lack of consensus in defining and measuring poor reading. The purpose of this study was to establish stable and consistent gender ratios for poor reading using a single…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties
Road Signs to Writing: Language Curriculum, Levels C-D [Grades Three and Four]; Teacher's Guide.
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Oregon Univ., Eugene. Oregon Elementary English Project. – 1971
Developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project, this curriculum unit, intended for grades three and four, introduces students to some of the mechanics of writing and provides some practice in using these mechanics. The unit contains an introduction to writing and seven sections, covering beginning and end punctuation, commas, the apostrophe,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum, Grade 3, Grade 4
An Examination of the Criterion Validity and Sensitivity to Brief Intervention of Alternate Curriculum-Based Measures of Writing Skill
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Gansle, Kristin A.; Noell, George H.; Vanderheyden, Amanda M.; Slider, Natalie J.; Hoffpauir, Leila D.; Whitmarsh, Ernest L.; Naquin, Gale M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
Curriculum-based measures have been validated for use in evaluating reading, mathematics, and writing skills (Marston, 1989). Despite its common use by school psychologists (Wilson & Reschly, 1996), the relationship between the Woodcock Johnson-Revised and curriculum-based measures of writing has not been evaluated. This study investigated the…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Writing Skills, Sentences
My Dear Teacher, Grades 2-4. Developmental Writing.
Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Cortland, NY. – 1980
More than 100 individual and group activities, learning center ideas, and bulletin board suggestions are offered in this handbook for developing the writing skills of second, third, and fourth grade students. An analysis chart is provided as a diagnostic tool for determining the writing strengths and weaknesses of students. The activities are…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education
Writing, Grade 3. TEAMS Instructional Strategies Guide.
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. This document is one in a series of Instructional Strategies Guides…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Grade 3