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The "Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS®)" program is a curriculum that aims to promote emotional and social competencies and to reduce aggression and behavior problems in elementary school children. "PATHS"® is delivered through short lessons given two to three times a week over the school year. The program is…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Intervention, Program Implementation, Best Practices
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
The "Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS®)" program is a curriculum that aims to promote emotional and social competencies and to reduce aggression and behavior problems in elementary school children. "PATHS"® is delivered through short lessons given two to three times a week over the school year. The program is…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Thinking Skills, Emotional Development, Social Development
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
The "Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS®)" program is a curriculum that aims to promote emotional and social competencies and to reduce aggression and behavior problems in elementary school children. "PATHS"® is delivered through short lessons given two to three times a week over the school year. The program is…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Intervention, Social Development, Emotional Development
What Works Clearinghouse, 2023
Identifying and supporting students in early elementary grades with low literacy achievement is critical to help them achieve grade-level proficiency and stay on track academically. "Reading Recovery"® is an intervention that provides one-on-one tutoring to students in grade 1 with low literacy achievement. This supplemental program aims…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2023
Identifying and supporting students in early elementary grades with low literacy achievement is critical to help them achieve grade-level proficiency and stay on track academically. "Reading Recovery"® is an intervention that provides one-on-one tutoring to students in grade 1 with low literacy achievement. This supplemental program aims…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2025
This protocol guided the review of research that informs the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guide entitled "Strategies for Postsecondary Students in Developmental Education -- A Practice Guide for College and University Administrators, Advisors, and Faculty." This protocol was used in conjunction with the "WWC Procedures…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Guides, Intervention, Developmental Studies Programs
What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
This report on "Singapore Math®" updates the 2009 WWC review of the curriculum to include seven new studies. Despite the additional research, no studies meet WWC design standards and therefore, no conclusions can be made about the effectiveness of "Singapore Math®." [For the 2009 report, "Singapore Math," see…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Curriculum, Research, Design
What Works Clearinghouse, 2016
This protocol guides the review of research that informs What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) intervention reports in the area of student mental health and well-being. This review-specific protocol is used in conjunction with the WWC Procedures and Standards Handbook (Version 3.0). This review focuses on interventions for middle, high school, and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Middle School Students, High School Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
"Fast ForWord"[R] is a computer-based reading program intended to help students develop and strengthen the cognitive skills necessary for successful reading and learning. The program, which is designed to be used 30-100 minutes a day, 5 days a week, for 4-16 weeks, includes three series. The "Fast ForWord[R] Language" series…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Beginning Reading, Alphabets
What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
"Singapore Math" is a collection of math curricula originally developed by Singapore's Ministry of Education and private textbook publishers for use in Singapore schools. "Singapore Math" curricula were developed under a national framework centered on problem solving that emphasizes computational skills as well as conceptual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Curriculum, Research Design, Middle Schools
What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
The study reviewed in this paper examined the impact of offering financial aid informational materials on the postsecondary expectations of high school students. Approximately 5,000 students from five low-achieving high schools in Ontario, Canada, were invited to complete an online survey about their postsecondary aspirations. About 1,600 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Low Income Groups, Low Achievement, High School Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
"Fast ForWord"[R] is a computer-based reading program intended to help students develop and strengthen the cognitive skills necessary for successful reading and learning. The program, which is designed to be used 30 to 100 minutes a day, five days a week, for 4 to 16 weeks, includes two components. The first component aims to build…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
The "Little Books" are a set of books designed for interactive book reading between parents and children or teachers and students. The books use thematic topics familiar to children. They are written with high-frequency words and use simple phrases and sentences. They also have strong links between illustrations and text. One study of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Reading Achievement, Emergent Literacy
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Kaplan SpellRead" (formerly known as "SpellRead Phonological Auditory Training"[R]) is a literacy program for struggling readers in grades 2 or above, including special education students, English language learners, and students more than two years below grade level in reading. "Kaplan SpellRead" integrates the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Reading Fluency
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Sound Foundations," a literacy curriculum designed to teach phonological awareness to preliterate children, focuses exclusively on phoneme identity (that is, different words can start and end with the same sound). It works from the principle that phonemic awareness is necessary but not sufficient to reading, which depends on the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Early Reading, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
