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50 Years of ERIC
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Responsiveness to Intervention in Reading: Architecture and Practices
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Jenkins, Joseph R.; Schiller, Ellen; Blackorby, Jose; Thayer, Sara Kalb; Tilly, W. David – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
This article describes how a purposeful sample of 62 elementary schools from 17 states implemented a Response to Intervention (RtI) framework for reading. School informants answered surveys and were interviewed about differentiated instruction in Tier 1, screening/benchmarking, where Tier 2 interventions were located, typical group size and the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Individualized Instruction, Response to Intervention, Benchmarking
The Effectiveness of One-to-One Tutoring by Community Tutors for At-Risk Beginning Readers.
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Vadasy, Patricia F.; Jenkins, Joseph R.; Antil, Lawrence R.; Wayne, Susan K.; O'Connor, Rollanda E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1997
Twenty at-risk first graders received 30 minutes of individual instruction from community tutors four days a week for up to 23 weeks. Subjects outperformed the control group on all reading, decoding, spelling and segmenting, and writing measures. Tutors who implemented the program with a high degree of fidelity achieved significant effect sizes in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Grade 1, Individual Instruction
Effects of Contextualized and Decontextualized Practice Conditions on Word Recognition.
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Fleisher, Lisa S.; Jenkins, Joseph R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
The effectiveness and efficiency of two commonly used teaching strategies in reading (contextualized practice alone, and decontextualized coupled with contextualized) were compared with six learning disabled first-grade boys. Journal availability: see EC 112 927. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Males
Learning Word Meanings: A Comparison of Instructional Procedures
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Pany, Darlene; Jenkins, Joseph R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
Available from: Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. Compared were the effects of three instructional strategies on the reading comprehension of six 9- to 11-year-old learning disabled students in a resource program. (BD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
Effects of Error Correction on Word Recognition and Reading Comprehension.
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Jenkins, Joseph R.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
Two procedures for correcting oral reading errors, word supply and word drill, were examined to determine their effects on measures of word recognition and comprehension with 17 learning disabled elementary school students. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Feedback
The Effect of Word- And Comprehension-Emphasis Instruction on Reading Performance.
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Fleisher, Lisa S.; Jenkins, Joseph R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
The effects of three instructional procedures on reading comprehension and word recognition were compared with 21 learning disabled elementary school students. No differences were found among treatment effects on comprehension and oral reading. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Analysis, Drills (Practice), Error Patterns
Does Passive Learning Account for Disabled Readers' Comprehension Deficits in Ordinary Reading Situations?
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Jenkins, Joseph R.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1986
Thirty-two learning disabled and 32 average elementary students, matched by grade, read under three conditions: classroom group, individual, and individual restatement condition, requiring subjects to summarize contents during passage reading. Overall results of comprehension tests failed to confirm predicted differential effects of conditions on…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
Learning Disabilities Research: Defining Populations.
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Lovitt, Thomas C.; Jenkins, Joseph R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The article emphasizes the need for a uniform format for defining the populations selected for research, particularly with learning disabled individuals. The population descriptions from three studies dealing with some aspect of reading are presented and scrutinized in terms of the four categories. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Definitions, Demography, Instruction, Learning Disabilities