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LeDonnis P. Norwood – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem that was investigated in this study was that despite existing implementation of reading instruction strategies, some students in fourth grade demonstrate reading difficulties prompting the need for additional approaches to reading instruction. The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental study was to investigate the difference…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Reading Improvement, Student Behavior, Reading Programs
Gowie-Melchiori, Valerie – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study explores how teachers described their perceptions within a mandated reading program, as the program supported reading comprehension skills for students in second, third, and fourth grade at three public elementary schools in Upstate New York. The theoretical foundation of this study was established…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Programs
Candace Duncan Cooper – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The study was conducted to describe how third graders, teachers, and interventionists perceive the influence of a phonics treatment program on the reading achievement of third-grade students in a school in the Western United States. The study was guided by the research questions on the perceptions of students, teachers, and interventionists on the…
Descriptors: Success, Failure, Phonics, Reading Programs
Jennifer Spivey – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This program evaluation took place in Harnett County Schools, North Carolina. This study evaluated two common reading intervention programs currently used in the Harnett district. This evaluation compared and examined the effectiveness of Reading Recovery and Leveled Literacy Intervention on a subset of students at Highland Elementary School, a…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students
Weikert, Donna Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2018
A quasi-experimental design investigated the effectiveness of three reading intervention types in increasing reading comprehension, both explicit and implicit, using a sample of 78 students, approximately 17% of the population of third through fifth grades at a single-school, rural, K-12, Central Texas school district with an enrollment of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
Meredith, David C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study investigated whether use of the Achieve 3000 differentiated reading internet program correlated with increased incidence of ELL students achieving proficiency and/or with improvement in reading and literacy scores. It also examined attitudes among district ELL teachers. Results supported DI and CALL methods as instructional approaches.…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Teacher Attitudes, Literacy Education, Literacy
Ayala, Erika – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this sequential explanatory embedded mixed methods study was to: (a) investigate and describe the academic performance of eighth grade students in the Falcon School District (FSD) who were designated as Long Term English Learners (LTELs) and participants in FSD's reading intervention program during their fourth through eighth grade…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Intervention, Literacy, Reading Programs
Lucas, Kristin Goodwin – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Early reading literacy is foundational to all other academic learning. It is imperative that elementary students with and without disabilities be provided with evidence-based reading instruction. Elementary students with developmental disabilities (DD) and complex communication needs (CCN) benefit from evidence-based reading instruction that…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Early Reading, Intervention, Elementary School Students
Amy Barton Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Responsive teaching has been a mainstay of literacy research and policy. The result has been a plethora of programs, approaches and initiatives aimed at addressing literacy problems. Frequently, these have come in the form of scripted instructional programs. Often overlooked is the necessity of teacher training. Reading Recovery is an early…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Emergent Literacy, Early Intervention, Faculty Development
Welsh, Debra K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act requires that all students reach reading proficiency by 2014. Many students struggling with reading are unsuccessful when whole group basal instruction is the center of reading instruction. The purpose of this case study was to examine the ability of 15 fifth grade students with reading difficulties to move toward…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Reading Achievement, Reading Difficulties, Grade 5
Soboleski, Penny K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The three-fold purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the impact of the computer-based reading program Fast ForWord (FFW) on the reading achievement of second-grade students in an Ohio school district. The sample included 360 students (treatment group, n = 85; control group, n = 275) from four elementary buildings. FFW is an…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Investigations, Intervention, Reading Programs
Robert, Joshua – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this applied dissertation study was to determine the relative impact of parental involvement, parental school perception, student generation status, and Caribbean adolescents' own attitudes and behavior towards academic achievement and reading comprehension skills. For this study, 45 Caribbean parents from Grenadian, Guyanese,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Student Behavior, Intervention, Reading Programs
Mays, Lydia Criss – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Using a grounded theory approach to investigate the multidimensional reflections of two Reading Recovery teachers, this inquiry responds to calls for research on reflection and provides information for the field of education in understanding the nature of teachers' reflections and how they inform teaching practices. Reading Recovery is a…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Intervention, Interviews, Writing Skills
Nash, Vickie Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The diverse population of students in grades 1- 3 at a suburban elementary school has created a challenge for teachers when differentiating instruction in reading. The purpose of this doctoral project study was to explore the lived experiences of these teachers as they have acquired research-based instructional strategies in reading that support…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Social Change, Grade 1, Individualized Instruction
Wu, Chiu-Hui (Vivian) – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This qualitative research study investigated four adolescent English Language Learners' (ELLs) perceptions of READ 180. READ 180 is a reading program designed for both struggling readers and English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students (Scholastic, 2009a). Although there have been a number of research studies on the benefits of READ 180 for…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Reading Comprehension, Qualitative Research, Student Attitudes