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Direct linkLenfest, Ashleigh; Reed, Deborah K. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2015
To enhance the basal vocabulary instruction for kindergarten students at risk for reading difficulties, lessons provided in typical curricular materials can be supplemented with instructional elements derived from research. This article addresses how teachers can add 15 minutes of higher order instructional activities to daily reading lessons to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Kindergarten, At Risk Students, Reading Difficulties
Dennis, Minyi Shih – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2015
Two studies were conducted to examine the effects of Tier 2 and Tier 3 mathematics interventions on students with mathematics learning difficulties. In the first study, the work of Bryant et al. was replicated and expanded upon by documenting the sustained effects of a Tier 2 mathematics intervention on mathematics performance by second graders.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mathematics Education, Grade 2, Learning Problems
Moran, Amber S.; Swanson, H. Lee; Gerber, Michael M.; Fung, Wenson – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine effectiveness of paraphrasing interventions on mathematics word problem-solving accuracy in third grade children (N = 72) at risk for mathematics disabilities (MD). Three instructional conditions directed students' attention through paraphrasing, via writing, to different propositions within word…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Grade 3
Powell, Sarah R.; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2014
According to national mathematics standards, algebra instruction should begin at kindergarten and continue through elementary school. Most often, teachers address algebra in the elementary grades with problems related to solving equations or understanding functions. With 789 second-grade students, we administered: (1) measures of calculations and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
Petersen, Douglas B.; Gillam, Ronald B. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2013
Sixty-three bilingual Latino children who were at risk for language impairment were administered reading-related measures in English and Spanish (letter identification, phonological awareness, rapid automatized naming, and sentence repetition) and descriptive measures including English language proficiency (ELP), language ability (LA),…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, English Language Learners, Spanish Speaking, Hispanic American Students
Kent, Shawn C.; Wanzek, Jeanne; Al Otaiba, Stephanie – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the amount of time spent actively engaged in reading sounds, words, and connected text for students at-risk for reading difficulties in the first formal grade of reading instruction, kindergarten. Observational data of 109 kindergarten students at high-risk for later reading difficulties were collected…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, At Risk Students, Kindergarten, Time on Task
Parker, David C.; Burns, Matthew K.; McMaster, Kristen L.; Shapiro, Edward S. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2012
Early writing interventions can help students develop the writing skills they need to experience positive educational and postsecondary outcomes, but effective intervention requires instructionally relevant assessment data. Shapiro's curriculum-based assessment (CBA) model integrates related yet distinct CBA approaches into a model that informs…
Descriptors: Intervention, Writing Evaluation, Writing Research, Curriculum Based Assessment
Vernon-Feagans, Lynne; Gallagher, Kathleen; Ginsberg, Marnie C.; Amendum, Steve; Kainz, Kirsten; Rose, Jason; Burchinal, Margaret – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2010
With the advent of "Response to Intervention" there has been emphasis on preventing reading disabilities. This study examined the effectiveness of a classroom teacher Tier II intervention for struggling readers in kindergarten and first grade called the Targeted Reading Intervention. Three rural schools were randomly assigned to experimental and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Rural Schools, Intervention, Kindergarten
Gottardo, Alexandra; Collins, Penny; Baciu, Iuliana; Gebotys, Robert – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2008
We examined the components of first (L1) and second language (L2) phonological processing that are related to L2 word reading and vocabulary. Spanish-speaking English learners (EL) were classified as average or low readers in grades 1 and 2. A large number of children who started out as poor readers in first grade became average readers in second…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Grade 2, Grade 1, Spanish Speaking
Smith, Susan Lambrecht; Scott, Kathleen A.; Roberts, Jenny; Locke, John L. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2008
The importance of early identification of children at risk for reading failure is clearly established in the literature. The purpose of this longitudinal retrospective study was to further define the relationship between the development of prereading skills and later reading outcome in two groups of children; a group of reading-disabled children…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten
