- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. The WWC Review Process: An Analysis of Errors in Two Recent Reports
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- The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is a federally funded program established in 2002 that evaluates educational interventions and publishes reports and summary ratings. The reports have received extensive ...
- Created on 02 November 2015
- 4. Direct Instruction in the Guam Public Schools: An Analysis of Changes in Stanford Achievement Test Scores
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- In the fall of 2003, 24 schools in the Guam Public School System (GPSS) systematically implemented Direct Instruction programs with accompanying training and support. Initially used with lower grades it ...
- Created on 27 September 2015
- 5. 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
- 6. Comparing the Efficacy of SRA Reading Mastery and Guided Reading on Reading Achievement in Struggling Readers
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- This study investigated the effectiveness of two reading programs (Guided Reading (GR) and Reading Mastery (RM)) on the reading achievement of struggling readers over seven months. Sixty-six second grade ...
- Created on 26 September 2015
- 7. The What Works Clearinghouse Beginning Reading Reports and Rating of Reading Mastery: An Evaluation and Comment
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- This report evaluates the procedures of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), and specifically examines a WWC report on the effectiveness of the Direct Instruction program Reading Mastery. Stockard’s evaluation ...
- Created on 12 November 2014
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. The impact of instructional methodology on student achievement of black males based on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
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- This study compares the effect of two reading programs on the reading achievement of African American elementary students. Students received instruction with either the Harcourt Basal Series or the Reading ...
- Created on 21 May 2017
- 11. An Inquiry Into Children’s Reading in One Urban School Using SRA Reading Mastery (Direct Instruction)
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- ... their skill level and retell the story. Student achievement was assessed using a phonics test, oral reading, miscue analysis, story retelling, observations of language use, and interviews. Results indicated ...
- Created on 26 March 2017
- 12. Accountability for Reading and Readers: What the Numbers Don’t Tell
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- his study compared the effect of three reading programs, Reading Mastery (RM), Open Court (OC), and Guided Reading (GR), on the ability of 84 second grade students to retell stories they previously read. ...
- Created on 10 June 2016
- 13. Comprehensive school reform and achievement: A meta-analysis
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- A meta-analysis of research on the achievement effects of widely implemented comprehensive school reforms (CSR) was conducted. Various CSR models were compared, and schools were then grouped into categories ...
- Created on 09 December 2014
- 14. Reading Mastery versus word study instruction as it pertains to third graders' reading achievement scores
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- This study compared the effect of two reading programs (Reading Mastery, Word Study) on the reading achievement of 36 third grade students. Students were selected from two third grade classrooms in one ...
- Created on 27 September 2015
- 15. An analysis of the Reading Mastery program: Effective components and research review
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- This article articulates the alignment of Reading Mastery with research-validated features of effective instruction in the areas of oral language, decoding, and reading comprehension. The second part ...
- Created on 09 December 2014
- 16. An analysis of phonological awareness instruction in four kindergarten basal reading programs
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- This study examined four basal reading programs at the kindergarten level in order to determine the adequacy of phonological awareness instruction for students at risk for learning difficulties. Authors ...
- Created on 14 April 2015
- 17. A comparative analysis of the Reading Mastery and Silver Burdett reading programs for elementary students
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- This study compared the effectiveness of two reading programs, Reading Mastery (RM) and Silver Burdett (SB), on elementary students’ acquisition of reading skills as well as the cost effectiveness of each ...
- Created on 26 September 2015
- 18. Research on Direct Instruction: 25 Years Beyond DISTAR
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- This book was written in response to the unfounded negative views of Direct Instruction and a lack of a thorough scientific review of the effectiveness of Direct Instruction. It is designed to show what ...
- Created on 12 December 2013
- 19. Comparison of reading intervention approaches for students with mild disabilities
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- This study compared the effect of six different instructional approaches along with a non-equivalent comparison group, over a ten week period. Thirty seven special education resource room teachers were ...
- Created on 26 September 2015
- 20. Student error patterns as a function of curriculum design: Teaching fractions to remedial high school students and high school students with learning disabilities
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- This study compared the effectiveness of a videodisc mathematics program with a basal program on the acquisition of fractions concepts by students with learning disabilities and other remedial high school ...
- Created on 14 October 2015
- 21. Direct Instruction reading with average first-graders
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- This study examined the effect of a Direct Instruction (DI) reading program on the reading achievement of first grade students in two classrooms. Twenty seven students from two classrooms received instruction ...
- Created on 27 September 2015
- 22. A meta-analysis of the effects of Direct Instruction in special education
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- This meta-analysis included 25 studies that evaluated the effectiveness of Direct Instruction programs compared to alternative programs for special education students. No studies favored comparison programs, ...
- Created on 09 December 2014
- 23. Corrective Reading Program: An Analysis of Effectiveness with Learning Disabled and Mentally Retarded Students
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- This article examines the effectiveness of the Corrective Reading Program with learning disabled (LD) and educable mentally retarded (EMR) students on reading recognition and comprehension. Both groups ...
- Created on 17 April 2015
- 24. Corrective Reading tested in U.K.: An Exciting year with Direct Instruction
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- This article examined two studies on the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) Decoding A, B, and C on the reading achievement of students with learning disabilities. The first study examined the effect of ...
- Created on 12 October 2015
- 25. DISTAR in the day nursery: An experimental evaluation of DISTAR Language I
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- This study compared the effect of the DISTAR Language I and the Teach Them to Speak language programs on the language abilities of at-risk preschool students. Students aged 3.5 to 5 years were randomly ...
- Created on 10 June 2016
- 26. Direct Instruction in Critical Reading Skills
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- This article examines a study of three different approaches to teaching critical reading skills to fifth grade students. A direct instruction program, a work book with corrective feedback program and a ...
- Created on 17 April 2015
- 27. Direct teaching for learning disabilities
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- This article discusses the outcomes of Project ExCEL, a model that employs applied behavior analysis and Direct Instruction strategies within a public school setting for students with learning disabilities. ...
- Created on 19 August 2009
- 28. Direct Instruction: An effective approach to educational intervention with the disadvantaged and low performers
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- This article summarizes the findings from a national evaluation of Project Follow Through, specifically examining the Direct Instruction model, which was the most successful model for achieving educational ...
- Created on 09 April 2015
- 29. Teaching low performers in upper-primary and lower-secondary to read by direct instruction methods
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- This study examined the effect of the Corrective Reading (CR) program on the reading achievement of elementary and secondary students over seven months. The ages of students at the beginning of the study ...
- Created on 14 April 2017
- 30. 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
- 31. 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
- 32. Findings from the Follow Through planned variation study
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- A meta-analysis of schools that participated in Follow Through was conducted. Different educational models were assessed, and the effects of these models on achievement scores (using the Metropolitan ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 33. Education as Experimentation: A Planned Variation Model. Volume IV-D. Part I: A Longitudinal Study of Follow Through. Part II: A Study of Academic Risk
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- This study examines the results from Project Follow Through, specifically the effect of the eleven models on students’ academic achievement over four years. The study also examines whether program effects ...
- Created on 27 May 2017
- 34. Education as experimentation: A planned variation model (Vols. 3A-3B)
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- This study examines the national evaluation of Project Follow Though. The 13 main instructional models are described and analyzed in terms of their design and effect on students’ academic achievement. ...
- Created on 29 May 2017
- 35. Comparison of achievement for DISTAR and conventional instruction with primary pupils
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- This article examined two studies that compared the effect of the DISTAR program to a combination of conventional basal programs on student academic achievement in reading, language and arithmetic when ...
- Created on 27 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. Analysis of an early childhood learning program in Granite School District, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- This study examined the effect of the DISTAR program on the academic achievement of first grade students. Additionally, this study sought to examine the effect of starting the program at age three, four, ...
- Created on 29 May 2017
- 38. An evaluative study: Teaching three and four-year olds in a structured education program
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- This study examined the effectiveness of DISTAR Reading, Language, and Arithmetic on the academic achievement of three- and four- and five-year olds. During the first year of the study, 120 students participated. ...
- Created on 12 June 2016
- 39. A Token Reinforcement Program in a Public School: A Replication and Systematic Analysis
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- This article examines a study on the behavior modification of seven second grade students who exhibited disruptive behavior in class. The whole class consisted of 21 students, but only seven were observed ...
- Created on 17 April 2015
- 40. A study of the effects of teacher attitude and curriculum structure on preschool disadvantaged children
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- This study examined the effect of two experimental preschool programs (DISTAR, Nursery School model) on the academic achievement of low-SES preschool students. Seven teachers who were most opposed to a ...
- Created on 20 June 2016
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