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Torgesen, Joseph K.; Wagner, Richard K.; Rashotte, Carol A.; Herron, Jeannine; Lindamood, Patricia – Annals of Dyslexia, 2010
The relative effectiveness of two computer-assisted instructional programs designed to provide instruction and practice in foundational reading skills was examined. First-grade students at risk for reading disabilities received approximately 80 h of small-group instruction in four 50-min sessions per week from October through May. Approximately…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Intervention
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Ouellette, Gene; Senechal, Monique – Child Development, 2008
This intervention study tested whether invented spelling plays a causal role in learning to read. Three groups of kindergarten children (mean age = 5 years 7 months) participated in a 4-week intervention. Children in the invented-spelling group spelled words as best they could and received developmentally appropriate feedback. Children in the 2…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Invented Spelling, Intervention, Phonological Awareness
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Solari, Emily J.; Gerber, Michael M. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2008
This study investigated the effects of three instructional conditions on precursors to successful reading for Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELL). The study was conducted using a randomized, alternate treatment control group design specifically targeting phonological awareness (PA) listening comprehension (LC), and decoding in a…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication, Intervention
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National Center for Education Research, 2008
A variety of preschool curricula is available and in widespread use, however, there is a lack of evidence from rigorous evaluations regarding the effects of these curricula on children's school readiness. The lack of such information is important as early childhood center-based programs have been a major, sometimes the sole, component of a number…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Low Income, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children