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Download full textKim, James S.; Guryan, Jonathan – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
There are several goals guiding this study. First, the authors use an experimental design to examine the causal effects of giving children 10 self-selected books over two summers. Second, they examine whether treatment effects are moderated by children's family income (i.e., eligibility for free- and reduced-price lunch). As a result, they examine…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Research Design, Reading Materials, Family Income
Direct linkWitherspoon, Melody Latrice – ProQuest LLC, 2011
I examined the perceptions of parents, students, and teachers of Saturday Academy, an intervention for students who are at risk of failing academically. The problem is that nearly half of students who attend high school may be at risk of dropping out before they graduate. The purpose of this study was to describe, evaluate, and analyze the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, African American Students, Field Trips, Qualitative Research
Ingrid Danielle McClendon – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study followed a cohort of students from Grade 1 to Grade 11 in one struggling school district that had Reading Recovery (RR) in the Grade 1. The RR program is an intervention given only to students in the Grade 1 who are reading below grade level on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Assessment. The researched district had a high poverty, high…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, School Districts, Grade 1
Cosentino, Patricia E. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Research states that more time and attention is needed for some students to acquire the necessary skills which allow them to become successful learners. Full-day kindergarten programs are desirable to ensure that all students have the necessary time to be successful. Due to lack of funds many school districts are unable to offer full-day…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, At Risk Students, Reading Achievement, Phonological Awareness
Cunningham, Grover; Pierce-Jones, John – 1969
In this study, a group of first graders who had attended full-year Head Start were compared cognitively to a group of first graders who had been eligible for Head Start but did not attend. Results of the study may be suspect because the children who participated in Head Start were selected from the most deprived of those eligible; therefore study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Followup Studies
Peer reviewedRohrlack, C. R.; And Others – Educational Research Quarterly, 1982
Nineteen kindergarten children were pretested on readiness and blending tests and randomly assigned to a control or experimental group to determine if auditory blending skills were teachable and important in a beginning reading program. Following instruction in sequencing and blending sounds, the experimental group gained significantly in both…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Phonics, Primary Education
Reid, Marilyn – 1972
"A Newspaper in My Classroom" project was conducted by a Grade 5 teacher with her class for four months. During the project, the newspaper supplemented the regular textbooks for language arts. Exposure to the project did not result in perceptible differences in performance on a semantic differential containing seven concepts or on the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Newspapers
Milligan, Jerry L. – 1965
In this study, the Peabody Language Development Kit, originally designed for culturally deprived and mentally retarded children, was tested to see how it affected the psycholinguistic abilities and beginning reading development of normal children. Ninety-seven kindergartners were randomly divided into an experimental group who used the Peabody Kit…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Experimental Programs, Instructional Materials
Schmitt, Maribeth Cassidy; Gregory, Anne E. – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2005
The purpose of this study was to contribute to and strengthen previous work that examined the long-lasting effects of Reading Recovery in statewide efforts aimed at bolstering early literacy achievement and reducing early learning difficulties. Specifically, the study explored the literacy achievement of Reading Recovery participants whose series…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Prevention, Reading Programs
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM. Planning, Research and Accountability. – 1987
This Title VII program completed its second year of a 3 year continuation project to provide students with limited English proficiency instruction designed to help them achieve English language proficiency. The program also included a staff development component. Students were in Lau categories A, B, and C (non-English speaking, English as a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), English Teacher Education
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM. Planning, Research and Accountability. – 1986
This Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII project was designed to increase English Language proficiency in limited English proficient students in Lau categories A, B, and C (non-English speaking, English as a second language, or bilingual). The intensive, 9-month program included both English language instruction and teacher training…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), English Teacher Education
Clark, Sara H. – 1974
Two Basic Skill Centers were set up on 1968 to help inner city students improve their reading skills. The Centers were supported mainly by the Minneapolis Public Schools although ESEA Title I funds provided teacher aides. This report covers the sixth year's operation of the project. Substantial changes in the Centers' operations are described. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Testing
Clark, Sara H. – 1974
Two Basic Skill Centers were set up in 1969 to help inner city students improve their reading skills. The centers were supported mainly by the Minneapolis Public Schools although ESEA Title I funds provided teacher aides. This report covers the fifth year's operation of the project. Substantial changes made in the centers' operations are…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Testing
Jones, Paul L.; Medley, Vickie – 1987
The Memphis-Project Literacy U.S. (M-PLUS) coalition tried the reading immersion concept with a defined target audience in the workplace. Fifty-six employees of the Defense Depot and the City of Memphis (Tennessee) were admitted to the program based on test scores of between 2.0 and 7.0 grade levels on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Corporate Education
