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1. The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research
(Publication)
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. Reading Mastery and Learning Disabled Students: A Comment on the What Works Clearinghouse Review
(Publication)
... and potentially negative effects on alphabetics, reading fluency, and writing.” Their conclusion is in stark contrast to dozens of studies of Reading Mastery and other elements of the Direct Instruction ...
Created on 04 December 2013
3. Interventions for reading difficulties: A comparison of response to intervention by ELL and EFL struggling readers
(Publication)
... Program, or the PHAST Decoding Program with a spelling and writing component added. The control group received traditional special education reading instruction, typically utilizing an eclectic curriculum ...
Created on 04 December 2013
4. Extensive Reading Interventions in Grades K-3: From Research to Practice
(Publication)
... featured: training in phonological awareness, decoding, and word study; guided and independent reading of increasingly difficult texts; writing exercises; and engaging students in practicing comprehension ...
Created on 09 November 2015
5. Cleveland school keeps Reading Mastery as curriculum core
(Publication)
... before the implementation of Direct Instruction programs. In 2006, results indicated that 80% of fourth grade students passed the reading portion of Ohio Achievement Test and 100% passed the writing portion. ...
Created on 28 September 2015
6. Language for Writing program evaluation
(Publication)
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
7. Basic Model Project, Longwood University, Farmville Virginia
(Publication)
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
8. Achievement Outcomes in Baltimore City Schools
(Publication)
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
9. City Springs Elementary School, Baltimore, Maryland
(Publication)
... administered annually to measure student achievement. In 1994, two years before the implementation of RM, no fifth-grade students scored satisfactory or above in the reading, writing, and language usage ...
Created on 02 April 2017
10. Using Reasoning and Writing to teach writing skills to students with learning disabilities and behavioral disorders
(Publication)
This study examined the effectiveness of the Direct Instruction writing program, Reasoning and Writing, with 10 fourth and fifth grade students with learning disabilities and/or behavioral disorders.  ...
Created on 04 December 2013
11. Using Reasoning and Writing with gifted fifth grade students
(Publication)
This study compared the effects of two approaches to teaching reasoning and writing skills to gifted fifth graders. One group of students was taught with the Direct Instruction program, Reasoning and ...
Created on 04 December 2013
12. A comparison of reading achievement made by LD and low IQ students using a Direct Instruction reading program
(Publication)
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
13. The effectiveness of the Reasoning and Writing program with participants with specific learning disabilities
(Publication)
This study examines the effect of seven months of instruction with the Reasoning and Writing program on the writing skills of eight elementary students with learning disabilities in the area of written ...
Created on 13 May 2017
14. Comparisons of Beginning Literacy Programs: Alternate Paths to the Same Learning Outcome
(Publication)
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
15. Effects of Interactive Story Reading on Concepts about Print and Journal Writing in First-Grade Children
(Publication)
This study compared the effects of whole language instruction in language arts and DISTAR on the reading and writing skills of first grade students. Thirty-eight students participated in this study with ...
Created on 25 September 2015
16. Developing and implementing a curriculum and instructional program to improve reading achievement of middle-grade students with learning disabilities in a rural school district
(Publication)
This study examines the effect of Corrective Reading (CR) on the reading achievement of 56 students with learning disabilities in grades 5-8 in a rural school district. Prior to implementation, only 12% ...
Created on 05 May 2017
17. Effects of curriculum alignment versus Direct Instruction of urban children
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction programs on the academic achievement of 2nd grade students in Camden, New Jersey. (The project received Follow Through funding, but was not one of the ...
Created on 25 September 2015
18. Belmont community school, Worcester, Massachusetts
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction programs on the academic achievement of kindergarten and elementary students in one inner-city elementary school. Initially, Reading Mastery (RM) was ...
Created on 31 March 2017
19. Progress in a high school LD class
(Publication)
... skills. Six students (4 boys and 2 girls) participated in the study for the entire school year. Students received instruction with reading, language, math, spelling, and writing programs. Students were ...
Created on 30 September 2015
20. First year report on a jr. high LD class
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of Direct Instruction programs on the growth of reading, language, math, spelling, and writing skills of remedial students over one school year. Six students participated ...
Created on 12 June 2016
21. Comparative DISTAR results from five South Afrikaans school
(Publication)
This study examined the effect of DISTAR on the reading, spelling, and writing achievement of elementary Indian students in South Africa. Student achievement was assessed over three years beginning in ...
Created on 27 July 2016
22. Nebraska District Outscores Peers Statewide
(Publication)
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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