- 1. A randomized control study of instructional approaches for struggling adult readers
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- ... Comprehension, and Fluency; Decoding, Comprehension, Fluency, and Extensive Reading; Extensive Reading; and a Control/Comparison (traditional adult literacy program) approach. A variety of tests were ...
- Created on 10 January 2019
- 2. Classroom observations and effects of reading interventions for students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders
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- This four-year study examined the effect of reading interventions on the reading achievement of 171 elementary students with and without risk for emotional and behavior disorders. Students received instruction ...
- Created on 28 March 2017
- 3. The impact of Reading Mastery in kindergarten on reading achievement through the primary grades: A cohort control group design
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- This study examined the effect of exposure to Reading Mastery (RM) in kindergarten on the growth of reading skills through the primary grades. The study used a cohort control group design, comparing cohorts ...
- Created on 05 October 2015
- 4. The Development of Early Academic Success: The Impact of Direct Instruction’s Reading Mastery
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- This study examined the effect of exposure to Reading Mastery (RM) in kindergarten on the growth of reading skills through the primary grades. The study used a cohort control group design, comparing cohorts ...
- Created on 27 September 2015
- 5. Promoting early literacy of preschool children: A study of the effectiveness of Funnix Beginning Reading
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- Thirty-seven four-year-old students in a Head Start program in a suburban community in the southern United States were randomly assigned to receive 30 minutes of additional instruction each day in their ...
- Created on 27 September 2015
- 6. Evaluating the promise of computer-based reading interventions with students with reading difficulties
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- This study compared the effect of two parent implemented computer-based reading programs (Funnix & Headsprout) on the basic early literacy skills of 25 students with reading difficulties over eight weeks. ...
- Created on 19 July 2016
- 7. Examining the core: Relations among reading curricula, poverty, and first through third grade reading achievement
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- This study compared the effects of six reading programs on the oral reading fluency (ORF) growth of 30,000 first to third grade students. Students were randomly selected from almost 3,000 classrooms in ...
- Created on 25 September 2015
- 8. Teaching word recognition to young children who are at risk using Microsoft PowerPoint coupled with Direct Instruction
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- There is an emerging evidence base for use of PowerPoint with young children at risk, and there is a strong research base for use of direct instructional methods. This article looks at the use of Microsoft ...
- Created on 17 April 2015
- 9. Promoting Early Literacy of Preschool Children: A Study of the Effectiveness of Funnix Beginning Reading
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- Thirty-seven four year old Head Start students in a suburban area of the southern United States were randomly assigned to receive 30 minutes of daily instruction in Funnix or the same amount of time in ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 10. Orlando school improves ESE scores with Corrective Reading
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of 12 third grade students with physical and/or mental disabilities. Prior to instruction with CR, all students were ...
- Created on 01 April 2017
- 11. Scripted and Non-Scripted Reading Instructional Models: Effects on the Phonics and Reading Achievement of First-Grade Struggling Readers
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- This study compared the effect of Reading Mastery and four “non-scripted” instructional models (Breakthrough to Literacy, Early Success, Four Blocks, and Together We Can) on the reading achievement of ...
- Created on 13 November 2015
- 12. The effects of Reading Mastery Plus on the beginning reading skills of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities
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- This study examined the effects of using Reading Mastery Plus with six K-2 students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) probes ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 13. Academic Kindergarten and Later Academic Success: The Impact of Direct Instruction
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- The National Reading Panel recently concluded that pre-literacy and early literacy instruction is appropriate for kindergarten students and an important element of promoting higher achievement in later ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 14. Three-tier models of reading and behavior: A research review
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- This study provided a descriptive analysis of the research literature on three-tier models and conducted a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of three-tier models of reading, behavior, and a combination ...
- Created on 13 November 2015
- 15. Extensive Reading Interventions in Grades K-3: From Research to Practice
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- This report summarizes 12 research studies on the effectiveness of early literacy instruction for struggling readers. The programs reviewed included Early Steps, Sound Partners, Thinking Partners, Proactive ...
- Created on 09 November 2015
- 16. Intensifying Reading Instruction for Students Within a Three-Tier Model: Standard-Protocol and Problem Solving Approaches within a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) System
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- This study examined the efficiency and effectiveness of a three tier intervention model and the use of a Response-to-Intervention system. 371 students in grades K to 3 from one elementary school participated ...
- Created on 23 August 2015
- 17. No Child Left Behind according to script: The efficacy of Reading Mastery
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- This study examines the effect of Reading Mastery on the reading achievement of six low-performing third grade students over ten weeks. The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy (DIBELS) test was ...
- Created on 28 May 2017
- 18. Effects of comprehensive school reform on student achievement and school change: A longitudinal multi-site study
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- This three-year longitudinal study examined the effect of four Comprehensive School Reform (CFR) models on the academic achievement of elementary students in 12 schools. These four models included Direct ...
- Created on 04 May 2017
- 19. Instruction, development, and achievement of struggling primary grade readers
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- This study compared the effectiveness of six reading programs on the phonics and reading achievement of 117 “struggling” first to third grade students. Students were selected from 42 classrooms in 14 schools. ...
- Created on 13 November 2015
- 20. Native American school uses Reading First grant to implement Direct Instruction
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- This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery Plus (RMP)on the reading achievement of kindergarten and elementary students. After receiving a Reading First grant, RMP was implemented in kindergarten ...
- Created on 28 September 2015
- 21. DIBELS scores advance to grade level with Reading Mastery
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- This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of struggling readers in grades one to six at one elementary school. RM was initially implemented during the 2005-2006 ...
- Created on 28 September 2015
- 22. Effects of a three-tier strategic model of intensifying instruction using a research-based core reading program in grades K-3
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- This study examined the effect of a three-tier strategic model of intensifying instruction with Reading Mastery Plus with students in kindergarten through grade three at a Title I school. Typically achieving ...
- Created on 26 September 2015
- 23. Effects of instruction in the Corrective Reading and Voyager Reading programs on the reading skills of students enrolled in a university program
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- This study compared the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) and Voyager Reading (VR) on the reading achievement of adult university students. A control group was also included to compare the changes in reading ...
- Created on 30 September 2015
- 24. Curriculum influences on growth in early reading fluency for students with academic and behavioral risks: A descriptive study
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- This study examined the growth of reading skills of students in kindergarten through second grade who had been identified for academic and behavioral risk. Students in five schools were selected to participate ...
- Created on 02 November 2015
- 25. Does the use of a Direct Instruction reading program affect the early literacy skills in an urban five-year-old kindergarten class?
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- This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the acquisition of early literacy skills by seven urban kindergarten students. Students were administered teacher designed tests, curriculum based ...
- Created on 14 October 2015
- 26. Supplemental instruction in decoding skills for Hispanic and non-Hispanic students in early elementary school
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- This follow-up study examined the effect of supplemental reading instruction for students in kindergarten through third grade, one year after the conclusion of the intervention. Students were selected ...
- Created on 26 September 2015
- 27. The impact of an intensive program to increase the literacy skills of youth confined to juvenile corrections
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- This study examined the effect of implementing Corrective Reading with six African American male adolescents in a juvenile corrections facility who were reading well below grade level. Oral reading fluency ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 28. The effects of the intensity of phonological awareness instruction on the acquisition of literacy skills
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- This study compared three groups consisting of varying levels of intensity in phonological awareness instruction. Direct Instruction, Direct Instruction + a supplemental phonological awareness program, ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 29. The efficacy of supplemental instruction in decoding skills for Hispanic and non-Hispanic students in early elementary school
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- This study examined the effect of supplemental reading instruction with Direct Instruction (DI) on the reading achievement of students in kindergarten through third grade who were below grade level. The ...
- Created on 26 September 2015
- 30. Language and literacy in a developmental perspective
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- This study looked at the value of a developmental and transactional perspective within the context of teaching children to read. The authors examine results of studies of children with advanced language ...
- Created on 09 December 2014
- 31. The effects of a first grade phonological awareness intervention in reducing special education referrals
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- This longitudinal study sought to determine how the use of the Reading Mastery and Reading Mastery Fast Cycle programs would affect the reading achievement of 90 elementary school students and their referrals ...
- Created on 25 September 2015
- 32. Comparisons of Beginning Literacy Programs: Alternate Paths to the Same Learning Outcome
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- This study compared the effect of two literacy programs (Integrated Reading-Writing (IR-W), DISTAR) on the academic achievement of elementary students at-risk for literacy problems. Students were selected ...
- Created on 27 September 2015
- 33. Using Corrective Reading with adults
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading on the reading achievement of adult students in a community college. The case histories of three adult students are discussed. Students were administered ...
- Created on 09 October 2015
- 34. Making Retarded Children Literate: A Five Year Study
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- This longitudinal study examined the effects of the DISTAR Language and Reading programs on students with learning disabilities. Thirty three students from the Kurrambee Public School participated in the ...
- Created on 09 April 2015
- 35. Analysis of achievement data on six cohorts of low-income children from 20 school districts in the University of Oregon Direct Instruction Follow Through model
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- This study analyzed the effectiveness of the Engelmann-Becker Direct Instruction model during Project Follow Through. The model was designed to develop basic academic skills for disadvantaged primary-grade ...
- Created on 25 September 2015
- 36. Analysis of achievement data on six cohorts of low-income children from 20 school districts in the University of Oregon Direct Instruction Follow Through model
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- This study analyzed the effectiveness of the Engelmann-Becker Direct Instruction model during Project Follow Through. The model was designed to develop basic academic skills for disadvantaged primary-grade ...
- Created on 14 July 2015
- 37. Nebraska District Outscores Peers Statewide
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- This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) programs on the academic achievement of elementary students. In response to all fourth grade students scoring below the state average in writing ...
- Created on 28 September 2015
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