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Watson, Kevin; Handal, Boris; Maher, Marguerite – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to investigate the influences of calendar year, year level, gender and language background other than English (LBOTE) on student achievement in literacy and numeracy relative to class size. Design/methodology/approach: Data for this study were collected over five years (2008-2012) as test results from the…
Descriptors: Class Size, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
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Wagner, Dana L.; Espin, Christine A. – Reading Psychology, 2015
Although several different reading fluency intervention approaches appear promising for adolescents who are struggling readers, few studies have directly compared various approaches. The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to determine the relative effects of word-oriented, fluency-oriented, comprehension-oriented, and multi-component…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Elementary School Students
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Paige, David D. – Reading Horizons, 2011
Research continues to suggest that adolescents struggle with reading, indicating that much work remains to ensure that all students read at levels consistent with the skills required for academic achievement (Biancarosa & Snow, 2006). This article investigates whole class choral reading (WCCR) within the context of a sixth-grade language arts…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Oral Reading, Grade 6