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Direct linkGray, Susan H.; Ehri, Linnea C.; Locke, John L. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
A randomized control trial compared the effects of two kinds of vocabulary instruction on component reading skills of adult struggling readers. Participants seeking alternative high school diplomas received 8 h of scripted tutoring to learn forty academic vocabulary words embedded within a civics curriculum. They were matched for language…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Vocabulary, Reading Skills, High School Equivalency Programs
Amy E. Barth; Sharon Vaughn; Philip Capin; Eunsoo Cho; Stephanie Stillman-Spisak; Leticia Martinez; Heather Kincaid – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
Purpose: We examined the effects of a text-processing reading comprehension intervention emphasizing listening comprehension and expressive language practices with middle school students with reading difficulties. Method: A total of 134 struggling readers in grades 6-8 were randomly assigned to treatment (n = 83) and control conditions (n = 51)…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Listening Comprehension, Expressive Language
Download full textUpshur, Carole C.; Heyman, Miriam; Wenz-Gross, Melodie – Grantee Submission, 2017
A classroom randomized trial (n = 31 classrooms) was conducted using the Second Step Early Learning (SSEL) curriculum compared to usual curricula. Head Start and community preschool classrooms enrolling low income children were randomly assigned to deliver SSEL (n = 16) or usual curricula (n = 15). Data are reported for four year olds…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Preschool Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Low Income
Wolf, Betsy; Latham, Gavin; Laurenzano, Mary; Ross, Steven M.; Tam, Winnie; Cheung, Alan C. K. – Grantee Submission, 2016
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to understand if inclusion of computer activities and videos for pre-K and kinder students, with opportunities to view these videos again at home, providing a repeated learning experience with language concepts and vocabulary, improved young students' early reading skill. (Methods) The study followed one…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Preschool Children
