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The Effects of an Inference-Making Strategy Taught with and without Goal Setting
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Reed, Deborah K.; Lynn, Devon – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
This quasi-experimental study examined the effects of a strategy for making text-dependent inferences--with and without embedded self-regulation skills--on the reading comprehension of 24 middle-grade students with disabilities. Classes were randomly assigned to receive the inference intervention only (IO), inference + individual goal setting…
Descriptors: Inferences, Goal Orientation, Statistical Analysis, Quasiexperimental Design
Effects of a Cooperative Learning Approach in Reading and Writing on Academically Handicapped and Nonhandicapped Students.
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Stevens, Robert J.; Slavin, Robert E. – Elementary School Journal, 1995
A two-year study determined the effects of a comprehensive cooperative-learning approach to reading and language arts instruction on students' achievement, attitudes, and metacognitive awareness. Students in second through sixth grades, some mainstreamed academically handicapped, worked in heterogeneous learning teams on reading and writing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students