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Jean Louise M. Smith; Nancy J. Nelson; Hank Fien; Keith Smolkowski; Derek Kosty; Scott K. Baker – Elementary School Journal, 2016
This study reports the results of a cluster RCT evaluating the impact of Enhanced Core Reading Instruction on reading achievement of grade 1 at-risk readers. Forty-four elementary schools, blocked by district, were randomly assigned to condition. In both conditions, at-risk readers received 90 minutes of whole-group instruction (Tier 1) plus an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, At Risk Students, Reading Achievement
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas; Kazdan, Sarah; Allen, Shelley – Elementary School Journal, 1999
Developed and evaluated an explicit approach to teaching students to engage in elaborated help-giving during collaborative group work in reading. Found that grade level and treatment exerted statistically significant and practically sizable effects on the help that students provided their peers. (Author/LPP)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 3
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Ross, Steven M.; Smith, Lana J. – Elementary School Journal, 1994
Examined first-year results of the Success for All (SFA) program, designed to bring every student to grade level in reading by third grade. Found that SFA benefits were most significant at the kindergarten level; teachers were highly accepting of the program; and the program's strengths included cooperative learning, regrouping, tutoring, early…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Early Reading