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50 Years of ERIC
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Integrating Content Knowledge-Building and Student-Regulated Comprehension Practices in Secondary English Language Arts Classes
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Simmons, Deborah; Fogarty, Melissa; Oslund, Eric L.; Simmons, Leslie; Hairrell, Angela; Davis, John; Anderson, Leah; Clemens, Nathan; Vaughn, Sharon; Roberts, Greg; Stillman, Stephanie; Fall, Anna-Maria – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
In this experimental study we examined the effects of integrating teacher-directed knowledge-building and student-regulated comprehension practices in 7th- to 10th-grade English language arts classes. We also investigated the effect of instructional quality and whether integrating practices differentially benefitted students with lower entry-level…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Replicating the Impact of a Supplemental Beginning Reading Intervention: The Role of Instructional Context
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Coyne, Michael D.; Little, Mary; Rawlinson, D'Ann; Simmons, Deborah; Kwok, Oi-man; Kim, Minjun; Simmons, Leslie; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Civetelli, Christina – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
The purpose of this varied replication study was to evaluate the effects of a supplemental reading intervention on the beginning reading performance of kindergarten students in a different geographical location and in a different instructional context from the initial randomized trial. A second purpose was to investigate whether students who…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Kindergarten
A Comparison of Multiple-Strategy Methods: Effects on Fourth-Grade Students' General and Content-Specific Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
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Simmons, Deborah; Hairrell, Angela; Edmonds, Meaghan; Vaughn, Sharon; Larsen, Ross; Willson, Victor; Rupley, William; Byrns, Glenda – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
In this study, we compared the effects of two experimental multiple-strategy approaches (content-area comprehension and vocabulary) to typical fourth-grade social studies instructional practices. An 18-week, cluster-randomized study was conducted to estimate effects measured by normative-referenced reading comprehension and vocabulary measures and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Content Area Reading, Grade 4