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. ...
... significant and educationally large gains in the phonologically-related processes of word attack, phonemic awareness, and spelling. Statistically significant and moderately large gains in phonological ...
... Instruction (DI) program at home by their parents. Reading achievement was determined by measuring growth in phonemic awareness, letter-sound fluency, non-word decoding skills, and oral reading fluency. ...
This study compared the effect of two reading programs on the reading achievement of kindergarten and elementary students from two schools within the same school district. Student achievement between kindergarten ...
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 ...
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 ...
This study examined whether the Corrective Reading-Decoding curriculum could be altered in order to meet the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and therefore, result in the students’ ability to ...
... at Colonial High School in Orlando, Florida. Before the implementation of CR (2000-2001) incoming tenth grade students were reading at or below grade 6 and lacked basic phonemic awareness and understanding. ...
... Kindergarten students enrolled in the RITE program recorded significantly higher levels of phonemic awareness and word reading skills than the kindergarten students in the control group. Their performance ...
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 ...
This study compared three groups consisting of varying levels of intensity in phonological awareness instruction. Direct Instruction, Direct Instruction + a supplemental phonological awareness program, ...
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 ...
... for special education. Students were specifically selected because of their low levels of phonemic awareness. Students received instruction with either form of Reading Mastery for 60 minutes a day, five ...
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 ...
This one year study examined the effect of Reading Mastery (RM) on the reading achievement of first and second grade students. One hundred and eight students (49 first grade, 59 second grade) identified ...
This study compared the effect of Reading Mastery and Reading Mastery combined with the Stabilized Learning System Program on students with severe learning disabilities acquisition of reading skills. Eighty ...
This study summarizes 30 years of research conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) on how children learn to read. The history of NICHD research and their rigorous ...
This study examined the effect of combining spelling instruction with code-based reading instruction on the application and transfer of segmentation and letter knowledge to reading by kindergarten students ...
This study reviewed research on phonemic awareness training and the application of Direct Instruction principles. The author discusses the relationship between phonemic awareness and reading, why some ...
This study examined the effect of combining spelling instruction with code-based reading instruction on the application and transfer of segmentation and letter knowledge to reading by kindergarten students ...
This study examined the effects of phonemic segmentation instruction and letter names and letter sounds instruction on kindergarten students’ spelling and reading skills. Ninety kindergarten students from ...