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50 Years of ERIC
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Using a Repeated Reading Program to Improve Generalization of Oral Reading Fluency
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Lo, Ya-yu; Cooke, Nancy L.; Starling, A. Leyf Peirce – Education and Treatment of Children, 2011
Three second-grade students at-risk for reading failure participated in an adult-directed repeated reading program that integrated isolated word reading practice, unison reading, error correction, and performance cueing and feedback procedures. During each intervention session, the participants practiced five difficult words key to a first-grade…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Reading Fluency, Oral Reading, Reading Programs
The Use of Audio Prompting to Assist Mothers with Limited English Proficiency in Tutoring Their Pre-Kindergarten Children on English Vocabulary
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Cooke, Nancy L.; Mackiewicz, Sara Moore; Wood, Charles L.; Helf, Shawnna – Education and Treatment of Children, 2009
Parents with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) may find it difficult to become involved in their children's education due to their lack of English proficiency. The present study examined the effects of using audio prompting to assist mothers with LEP in teaching their preschool children English vocabulary. Mothers were trained to tutor their…
Descriptors: Mothers, Prompting, Vocabulary Development, Preschool Children
Effects of Adding Multisensory Components to a Supplemental Reading Program on the Decoding Skills of Treatment Resisters
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Campbell, Monica L.; Helf, Shawnna; Cooke, Nancy L. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2008
A multiple-baseline across participants was used to analyze the effects of adding multisensory elements to an explicit, systematic phonics program on the reading achievement of six students identified as treatment resisters. Participants were given 10 minutes of daily instruction in the supplemental program in addition to instruction in the…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Phonics, Reading, Reading Programs
The Effects of Different Interspersal Drill Ratios on Acquisition and Generalization of Multiplication and Division Facts.
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Cooke, Nancy L.; Reichard, Shannon M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1996
Six fifth-grade students with learning and/or behavioral/emotional disabilities received peer tutoring on multiplication and division facts using 3 drill and practice conditions varying in the ratio of unknown to known facts (30:70, 50:50, and 70:30). Five of the students mastered facts at a faster rate in the 70% unknown/30% known condition. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Difficulty Level, Division, Drills (Practice)
Effects of Using a Ratio of New Items to Review Items during Drill and Practice: Three Experiments.
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Cooke, Nancy L.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
Three experiments compared the effects of interspersal drill and practice using 30% new items/70% review items with 100% new items, with a total of 17 students (ages 9 to 17) having behavior disorders, emotional handicaps, learning disabilities, or mild mental retardation. The ratios were compared for instruction in spelling, multiplication facts,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavior Disorders, Drills (Practice), Emotional Disturbances