- 1. Lessons from Project Follow Through (1967-1977) for the Northern Ireland Curriculum
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- This technical report offers a critique of the Revised Northern Ireland Curriculum (RNIC), in place since 2007. The author argues that these revisions have remained largely unchallenged since their introduction ...
- Created on 22 November 2019
- 2. The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research
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- This updated meta-analysis synthesized the results of 328 studies on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction, spanning 50 years (1966-2016). Results were consistent with conclusions of previous meta-analyses ...
- Created on 22 November 2019
- 3. Examining the What Works Clearinghouse and Its Reviews of Direct Instruction Programs
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- In this report Stockard analyzes the conclusions of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) on the effectiveness of Direct Instruction, specifically examining the strong differences between their review of ...
- Created on 02 November 2015
- 4. Reading Mastery and Learning Disabled Students: A Comment on the What Works Clearinghouse Review
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- In response to a recent report published by the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) on the effectiveness of the Direct Instruction program Reading Mastery with students with learning disabilities, Stockard ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 5. A randomized control study of instructional approaches for struggling adult readers
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- This study compared the effect of implicit (Extensive Reading), explicit (Corrective Reading), and a combination of the two approaches on the reading achievement of 198 adults reading at the third to ...
- Created on 10 January 2019
- 6. Effects of Direct Instruction on the Acquisition of Prepositions by Students with Intellectual Disabilities
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- This article examined the use of direct instruction for teaching the use of prepositions to students with intellectual disabilities. Two African-American middle school boys were included in the study. ...
- Created on 17 April 2015
- 7. Research on the Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Programs: An Updated Meta-Analysis
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- This paper reports the results of a meta-analysis of studies of DI programs that included a comparison group, randomly assigned students to groups, and reported statistical information that could be used ...
- Created on 14 April 2015
- 8. 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
- 9. An evaluation of two methods for teaching United States history to students with learning disabilities
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- This study examined the effect of two contrasting approaches to teaching United States history to 44 seventh to ninth grade students with learning disabilities. Students were randomly assigned to either ...
- Created on 26 March 2017
- 10. The Effects of the Language Arts Strand of the Reading Mastery Signature Series on the Reading and Language Skills of English Language Learners
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- This study examined the effect of using the Language Arts strand of the Reading Mastery Signature Edition program as a supplement to non-Direct Instruction reading programs with English Language Learner ...
- Created on 19 July 2016
- 11. 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
- 12. Corrective Reading helps English-Language learners improve reading skills
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students in grades 4-7 in three schools. Student achievement was measured using the ...
- Created on 02 April 2017
- 13. Special education students at California elementary school achieve AYP with Direct Instruction
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- This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction (DI) reading programs on the reading achievement of special and general education elementary students. In response to students reading well below grade ...
- Created on 28 September 2015
- 14. Interventions for reading difficulties: A comparison of response to intervention by ELL and EFL struggling readers
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- This study examined student response to remedial reading intervention, with comparisons made between students from differing language backgrounds and across instructional programs. Struggling readers who ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 15. Direct Instruction helps Native American school change course, improve reading
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of students in grades 7-9 in one school. Prior to the implementation of CR in 2003, every student had required reading ...
- Created on 02 April 2017
- 16. Corrective Reading helps ELL students gain multiple years growth
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students in one middle school. CR was implemented in grades 6-8 during the 2001-2002 ...
- Created on 01 April 2017
- 17. Seattle school boosts reading scores with Reading Mastery curriculum
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- This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of elementary students. In an attempt to reduce the racial gap in academic achievement, RM was implemented in the African ...
- Created on 30 March 2017
- 18. The Third Wave Project: Report of a project to investigate effective ‘Third Wave’ intervention strategies for students with learning difficulties who are in mainstream schools in years 4, 5 and 6
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- This study examined “Third Wave” intervention strategies for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students with learning disabilities in mainstream schools. Fifty six schools participated in the study with 35 ...
- Created on 09 June 2016
- 19. The relative impact of remedial reading instruction on the basic reading skills of students with emotional disturbance and learning disabilities
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- This study investigated the effects of a Direct Instruction reading program, Corrective Reading, on the reading achievement of elementary and middle school students with emotional disturbance (ED) and ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 20. Effectiveness of Corrective Reading with high school special education students
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- This one year study examined the effect of the Corrective Reading (CR) program on the reading achievement of ninth and tenth grade students with learning disabilities. Student achievement was compared ...
- Created on 22 May 2017
- 21. An Inquiry Into Children’s Reading in One Urban School Using SRA Reading Mastery (Direct Instruction)
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- This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery on the development of reading skills and the use of reading strategies of 27 second grade students. Students were asked to read story books according to ...
- Created on 26 March 2017
- 22. Effects of a decoding program on a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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- This study examined the effect of the Direct Instruction program, Corrective Reading, on the reading and language skills of a seven year old boy with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder. The student ...
- Created on 13 October 2015
- 23. Native American school uses Reading First grant to implement Direct Instruction
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- ... through 3rd grade classrooms at the Nay Ah Shing School at the beginning of the 2004-2005 school year. Following the initial success of RMP, the Language for Learning program was implemented in pre-kindergarten ...
- Created on 28 September 2015
- 24. Cleveland school keeps Reading Mastery as curriculum core
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- ... 1998-1999 school year. Additionally, the school implemented Language for Learning in kindergarten and first grade classrooms, and Corrective Reading was administered to struggling readers in grades four ...
- Created on 28 September 2015
- 25. 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
- 26. A comparison of teacher attitudes and beliefs about issues in education across conventional and Direct Instruction schools
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- This study compared attitudes and beliefs of conventional teachers with teachers who worked at schools implementing Direct Instruction. A survey was designed to collect information about beliefs teachers ...
- Created on 17 April 2015
- 27. Phoenix inner-city students strive toward national reading average
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- ... at the Wilson Primary School in grades one to three for the 1998-1999 school year. Additionally, Language for Learning was implemented in kindergarten classrooms and used with English Language Learners ...
- Created on 30 March 2017
- 28. Direct Instruction of decoding skills: Effects on fluency rate of two learning disabled students
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- This study examined the effect of the Corrective Reading program on the decoding skills and reading rate of two secondary students with learning disabilities. Student ages were 13 and 15, but both read ...
- Created on 09 June 2016
- 29. The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction in Reading Compared to a State Mandated Language Arts Curriculum for Ninth and Tenth Graders with Specific Learning Disabilities
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading on high school students with learning disabilities’ reading ability, pass rate on the Gateway Language Arts exam, and their perceptions of reading. ...
- Created on 09 June 2016
- 30. Direct instruction of decoding skills: Effects on fluency rate of two learning disabled students
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- This study examined the effect of the Corrective Reading program on the decoding skills and reading rate of two secondary students with learning disabilities. Student ages were 13 and 15, but both read ...
- Created on 05 November 2015
- 31. The effects of Reading Mastery for students with learning disabilities
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- This study examined the effectiveness of Reading Mastery on the reading achievement of two third grade students with learning disabilities, specifically examining changes in the rates of progress in decoding, ...
- Created on 09 October 2015
- 32. Milwaukee elementary nearly doubles reading scores
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- ... in 1998. Language for Learning and Language for Thinking were implemented in kindergarten classrooms and Reading Mastery was implemented in classrooms for 1st to 5th grade students. Results from the WKCE ...
- Created on 28 September 2015
- 33. Oregon Reading First project uses Reading Mastery Plus as core reading program
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- After receiving a Reading First grant for a five-year project in grades K-3, the Milton-Freewater Unified School District implemented Reading Mastery Plus as the core reading program in the fall of 2003. ...
- Created on 28 September 2015
- 34. Fostering the Development of Reading Skill Through Supplemental Instruction: Results for Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Students
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- This study examined the effect of supplemental instruction on the reading achievement of a diverse sample of students at-risk for reading difficulty in comparison to a similar group of students who received ...
- Created on 26 September 2015
- 35. The effect of corrective feedback and individualized practice guided by formative evaluation on the reading performance of children who have not made adequate progress in early reading instruction
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- This study examined the effect of intensifying the focus on mastery learning in a reading intervention on the reading achievement of struggling elementary students, who didn’t make adequate progress on ...
- Created on 17 June 2015
- 36. Language for Writing program evaluation
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- This article describes a program evaluation of the Direct Instruction program, Language for Writing, which was implemented in a total of 10 second through fifth grade classrooms across the United States. ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 37. Effects of two instructional paces on pre-K children’s participation rate, accuracy, and off-task behavior in the Language for Learning program
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- This study compared the effect of the Language for Learning (LL) program when delivered at a slow-pace and the recommended fast-pace. The study specifically sought to compare the effect of the two approaches ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 38. Reading decoding and fluency of high school students with special needs: The effectiveness of Corrective Reading
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading on the decoding and fluency skills of three high school students with learning disabilities. Prior to the intervention all three students were reading ...
- Created on 23 May 2017
- 39. Teacher expectations of low-SES preschool and elementary children: Implications of a research-validated instructional intervention for curriculum policy and school reform
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- for their students on mastery of material covered in the Reading Mastery program. Abstract: This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction programs (Reading Mastery, Language for Learning, Corrective ...
- Created on 29 March 2017
- 40. The effectiveness of the Reading Mastery Reading program when teaching learning support students how to read
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- This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of three fourth grade students with learning disabilities over a period of eight weeks. Curriculum based measures were ...
- Created on 29 October 2015
- 41. The effects of a first day and second day reads on reading accuracy with Reading Mastery III Textbook B for a fifth grade student with learning disabilities
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- This study examined the effect of one and two day reads with lessons in Reading Mastery III Textbook B on the reading accuracy of a fifth grade student with learning disabilities. The student participated ...
- Created on 05 October 2015
- 42. The effects of the Funnix beginning reading program on the reading skills of preschoolers
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- This study examines effects of the Direct Instruction computer-based beginning reading program, Funnix, with preschool-aged children. 10 preschoolers received instruction from Funnix, and their beginning ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 43. Basic Model Project, Longwood University, Farmville Virginia
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of middle school students. CR was implemented in seven school districts in central Virginia. The Virginia Standards ...
- Created on 30 March 2017
- 44. The Baltimore curriculum project: Final report of the four-year evaluation study
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- This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction and Core Knowledge programs in six elementary schools during the implementation of the four-year Baltimore Curriculum Project. Each of the six schools ...
- Created on 30 October 2015
- 45. Closing the achievement gap: The implementation of Direct Instruction in Whiteville City Schools
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- ... African American and Caucasian students in both math and reading. Direct Instruction was implemented in all grades including kindergarten, with students receiving either Language for Learning or Reading ...
- Created on 25 September 2015
- 46. Achievement Outcomes in Baltimore City Schools
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- This article examines changes in student achievement in the Baltimore City School System from 1993 to 2001, focusing on actual change over time and projected achievement based on current performance trends. ...
- Created on 25 September 2015
- 47. Early exposure to Direct Instruction and subsequent juvenile delinquency: A prospective examination
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- Children eligible for special education were randomly assigned to the Direct Instruction program, DISTAR, or the cognitively-based program, Mediated Learning, in preschool. Program graduates were then ...
- Created on 16 July 2009
- 48. City Springs Elementary School, Baltimore, Maryland
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- This study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of kindergarten and elementary students in one school. The Maryland Schools Proficiency Assessment Program (MSPAP) was ...
- Created on 02 April 2017
- 49. Effects of the SRA Corrective Reading program on the reading performance of eighth grade students with learning disabilities
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- This study examined the effect of the Corrective Reading program on the reading achievement of six eighth grade students with learning disabilities. The Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests – Revised (WRMT-R) ...
- Created on 04 November 2015
- 50. Implementing research-based reading programs in the Fort Worth Independent School District
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- This study reports on the results of an evaluation of the implementation of Reading Mastery (RM) and Open Court (OC) in the Fort Worth Independent School District, replacing a whole language program. Principals ...
- Created on 27 September 2015
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