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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Layng, Zachary R.; Layng, T. V. Joe – Behavior Analyst Today, 2012
Behaviorally-designed educational programs are often based on a research tradition that is not widely understood by potential users of the programs. Though the data may be sound and the prediction of outcomes for individual learners quite good, those advocating adoption of behaviorally-designed educational programs may need to do more in order to…
Descriptors: Evidence, Urban Schools, Measures (Individuals), Behavior Modification
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Leon, Marta; Layng, T. V. Joe; Sota, Melinda – Behavior Analyst Today, 2011
Reading comprehension can be considered a complex human performance involving two integrated repertoires: a verbal repertoire and an investigative (generative) repertoire. The analytical and reasoning skills necessary to demonstrate reading comprehension can be systematically taught by analyzing the verbal and investigative repertoires involved…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading, Models, Children
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Sota, Melinda; Leon, Marta; Layng, T. V. Joe – Behavior Analyst Today, 2011
Reading comprehension can be considered a complex human performance involving two integrated repertoires: a verbal repertoire and an investigative (generative) repertoire. This paper describes an analysis of these repertoires in terms which can ultimately inform the design of programs to teach them, using the analysis and design of Headsprout[R]…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading, Content Analysis, Vocabulary
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Layng, T. V. Joe; Sota, Melinda; Leon, Marta – Behavior Analyst Today, 2011
Reading comprehension can be considered a complex human performance involving two integrated repertoires: a verbal repertoire and an investigative (generative) repertoire. This paper describes the theoretical framework that formed the guiding foundation for the development of Headsprout[R] Reading Comprehension and to the authors' approach to…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Models, Children, Decoding (Reading)
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Hale, Andrea D.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Williams, Jacqueline; Hawkins, Renee; Neddenriep, Christine E.; Dizer, Jessica – Behavior Analyst Today, 2007
In the current study, 42 secondary students (10th, 11th, and 12th grade students) and 51 elementary students (4th and 5th grade students) read 400 word passages silently and aloud. During aloud reading, words correct per minute (WCPM) were recorded. After reading each passage, students answered 10 multiple-choice comprehension questions. Results…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Instruction, Secondary School Students
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Williams, Robert L.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Jaspers, Kathryn E. – Behavior Analyst Today, 2007
Students in an undergraduate human development course (N = 215) participated in a brief assessment of their reading (comprehension level, reading speed, comprehension rate) and multiple-choice test-taking skills on the second day of class. Students first read a one-page, 400-word passage unrelated to the course and then answered 10…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Test Wiseness, Student Participation, Multiple Choice Tests