- 1. 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
- 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. Exploring barriers to the role of Corrective Reading in systematic school reform: Implications of a three-part investigation
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of at-risk 3rd and 4th grade students and teachers’ perception of CR materials. Low-achieving 3rd and 4th grade students ...
- Created on 13 January 2017
- 7. 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
- 8. Using Precision Teaching with Direct Instruction in a Summer School Program
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- This study examined the effect of the combination of Reading Mastery (RM) and Precision Teaching (PT) on the reading skills of elementary students (Grade 1to 4). Students who were below grade level in ...
- Created on 13 July 2016
- 9. 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
- 10. 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
- 11. Assessing the effects of Corrective Reading Decoding B1 with a high school student with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A case study
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- This study examined the effect of five months of instruction with Corrective Reading Decoding B1 (CR) on the decoding skills of a high school student with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The ...
- Created on 18 July 2016
- 12. Corrective Reading: An evidence-based remedial reading intervention
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the phonological processes of 206 elementary and secondary students identified with serious reading problems. A battery of phonological tests ...
- Created on 09 October 2015
- 13. Effects of a computer based beginning reading program on young children
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- ... 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. ...
- Created on 27 September 2015
- 14. Reading Achievement in a Direct Instruction School and a “Three Tier” Curriculum School
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- 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 ...
- Created on 27 September 2015
- 15. 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
- 16. Effects of small-group reading instruction and curriculum differences for students most at risk in kindergarten: Two-year results for secondary- and tertiary-level interventions
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- This study selected participants from a larger study that evaluated effects of a three-tier model for academics and behavior (Kamps & Greenwood, 2005). In the current study, reading achievement of students ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 17. 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
- 18. 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
- 19. 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
- 20. 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
- 21. 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
- 22. Effects of Corrective Reading on the reading abilities and classroom behaviors of middle school students with reading deficits and challenging behavior
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading fluency and behavior of seven middle school students with reading deficits and behavior problems. The Woodcock Reading Mastery Test-Revised ...
- Created on 02 November 2015
- 23. 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
- 24. 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
- 25. Implications of utilizing a phonics-based reading curriculum with children who are deaf or hard of hearing
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- This study examined the effects of Reading Mastery I, supplemented with a Visual Phonics system, on word reading, pseudoword reading, and reading comprehension of kindergarten and first grade students ...
- Created on 17 April 2015
- 26. Using systematic instruction to teach decoding skills to middle school students with moderate intellectual disabilities
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- This study examined the effect of the letter-sound correspondence instruction of the Corrective Reading program on three male middle school students with moderate intellectual disabilities. Additionally, ...
- Created on 09 April 2015
- 27. 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
- 28. 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
- 29. The effects of using Direct Instruction and a re-reading contingency with a high school student
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- This study examined the effect of using re-reading as a consequence for a 16-year –old high school remedial student being unable to read passages rapidly with zero errors. The student was reading at a ...
- Created on 13 November 2015
- 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. 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
- 33. 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
- 34. The efficacy of utilizing a phonics treatment package with middle school deaf and hard-of-hearing students
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- 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 ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 35. The effects of the Corrective Reading Decoding program on the basic reading skills and social adjustment of students with high-incidence disabilities
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- This study examined the effects of the Corrective Reading Decoding program on the basic reading skills and social adjustment of elementary and middle school students with high-incidence disabilities. ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 36. 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
- 37. 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
- 38. 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
- 39. Teaching letter-sound correspondence to students with moderate intellectual disabilities
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- This study examined the effects of using the Direct Instruction decoding program, Corrective Reading, Word Attack Basics, Decoding A, to teach students with moderate intellectual disabilities letter-sound ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 40. Wake County Public School System, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of middle school students in one North Carolina school district. CR was initially implemented in special education classrooms ...
- Created on 02 April 2017
- 41. Effects of Corrective Reading on the reading abilities and classroom behaviors of middle school students with reading deficits and challenging behavior
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- This study examined the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement and classroom behavior of seven middle school students with reading deficits and behavior problems. The Woodcock Reading ...
- Created on 15 October 2015
- 42. 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
- 43. 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
- 44. 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
- 45. Making the most of instructional time: Teaching reading at an accelerated rate to students at risk
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- This study examined the effectiveness of Reading Mastery (RM) in increasing the rate of reading gain of first and second grade at-risk students. The Woodcock Reading Mastery Test-Revised (WRMT-R) was administered ...
- Created on 25 September 2015
- 46. Increasing the reading achievement of at-risk children through Direct Instruction: Evaluation of the Rodeo Institute for Teacher Excellence (RITE)
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- This study evaluated the Rodeo Institute for Teacher Excellence (RITE) program, which addressed at-risk students’ failure to develop basic reading skills. The evaluation compared the scores of all K-2 ...
- Created on 25 September 2015
- 47. 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
- 48. Use of precorrection strategies to enhance reading performance of students with learning and behavior problems
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- This study examined the effects of implementing a precorrection procedure prior to the delivery of Reading Mastery lessons. Six first grade students with disabilities received three precorrection strategies: ...
- Created on 04 December 2013
- 49. A comparison of reading achievement made by LD and low IQ students using a Direct Instruction reading program
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- This nine-month study examines the effect of Reading Mastery on the reading and writing achievement of two male fourth grade students. One student was diagnosed with learning disabilities and the other ...
- Created on 04 May 2017
- 50. Components of effective reading instruction for reading disabled students: An evaluation of a program combining code and strategy-instruction
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- This study compared the effect of two reading programs on the reading achievement of 44 elementary students (age 7-10) struggling to learn to read. Students were randomly assigned to either the Phono-Graphix ...
- Created on 30 September 2015
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