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Improving Content Knowledge and Comprehension for English Language Learners: Findings from a Randomized Control Trial
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Sharon Vaughn; Leticia R. Martinez; Jeanne Wanzek; Greg Roberts; Elizabeth Swanson; Anna-Mária Fall – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Supporting the reading comprehension and content knowledge acquisition of English language learners (ELs) requires instructional practices that continue beyond developing the foundational skills of reading. In particular, the challenges ELs face highlight the importance of teaching reading comprehension practices in the middle grades through…
Descriptors: Course Content, Social Studies, Grade 8, Middle School Teachers
Implementing Cooperative Learning: A Field Study Evaluating Issues for School-Based Consultants.
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Bramlett, Ronald K. – Journal of School Psychology, 1994
Implemented structured cooperative-learning strategy for reading, Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC), in nine third-grade classes (n=198) and compared with nine control group classes (n=194). CIRC group outgained controls on Reading Comprehension as measured by California Achievement Test. When groups were divided into reading…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Learning Strategies
Increasing the Performance of Poor Readers in the Third Grade with a Group-Assisted Strategy.
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Eldredge, J. Lloyd – Journal of Educational Research, 1990
Third grade students involved in group-assisted reading made greater achievement gains in comprehension and vocabulary than did those who were given no assistance. Group-assisted reading is easy to implement and may be used to help remedial readers perform better. (JD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Grade 3, Primary Education
Improving the Reading Comprehension of Middle School Students with Disabilities through Computer-Assisted Collaborative Strategic Reading
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Kim, Ae-Hwa; Vaughn, Sharon; Klingner, Janette K.; Woodruff, Althea L.; Reutebuch, Colleen Klein; Kouzekanani, Kamiar – Remedial and Special Education, 2006
This study investigated the effects of computer-assisted comprehension practice using a researcher-developed computer program, Computer-Assisted Collaborative Strategic Reading (CACSR), with students who had disabilities. Two reading/language arts teachers and their 34 students with disabilities participated. Students in the intervention group…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disabilities, Mastery Tests, Effect Size
Using Student Team Reading and Student Team Writing in Middle Schools: Two Evaluations.
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Stevens, Robert J.; Durkin, Scott – 1992
Two studies evaluated the use of the Student Team Reading (STR) and Student Team Writing (STW) program in urban middle schools. The first study investigated the use of STR in 20 experimental sixth-grade classes in three schools matched with 39 classes in three control schools. The second study investigated the use of STR and STW in sixth, seventh,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
The Effects of Cooperative Learning and Direct Instruction in Reading Comprehension Strategies on Main Idea Identification.
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Stevens, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
The impact of direct instruction on reading comprehension strategies and the degree to which cooperative learning processes enhanced students' learning of strategies were studied using 486 third and fourth graders in Pennsylvania. Subjects identified main ideas of passages. Pretest-posttest data highlight the significant impact of direct…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students