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Carlson, Coleen D.; Francis, David J. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2002
Evaluated the Rodeo Institute for Teacher Excellence (RITE), a phonics-based program that addressed at-risk students' failure to develop reading skills and provided teacher professional development. Data on K-2 students in intervention and control schools indicated that the RITE program successfully increased RITE students' reading abilities,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Phonics, Program Evaluation
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Underwood, Jean – Journal of Research in Reading, 2000
Presents evidence of learning outcomes in reading from the use of software incorporating two very different styles of learning, structured sub-skills tutoring (using an Integrated Learning System) versus free reading (using a talking book), but which both heavily exploit multimedia presentation. Shows that current debates about whole-word versus…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Integrated Learning Systems
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Oakland, Thomas; Black, Jeffrey L.; Stanford, George; Nussbaum, Nancy L.; Balise, Raymond R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
The Dyslexia Training Program, a remedial reading program derived from Orton-Gillingham methods, embodies principles of structured phonetic instruction, drill and repetition, and multisensory methodology. Following the two-year program, dyslexic students (N=22) demonstrated significantly higher reading recognition and comprehension than a control…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Drills (Practice), Dyslexia, Elementary Education
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Tobin, Kevin G. – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2004
This study is a follow-up on a previous study of the effects of 2 beginning reading programs implemented in 1st grade. In the previous study, 40 1st-grade students who were matched based on their Concepts About Print Test (Clay, 1979) and Phonological Segmentation Fluency from the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students