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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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Perceptions of Turkish Parents with Children Identified as Dyslexic about the Problems that They and Their Children Experience
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Yildiz, Mustafa; Yildirim, Kasim; Ates, Seyit; Rasinski, Timothy – Reading Psychology, 2012
This study identified problems encountered by both dyslexic children and their parents. Seven parents were interviewed. Parents mentioned the negative attitudes of teachers towards them and their children, the use of incorrect practices in the classroom, and educational insufficiency in relation to dyslexia. Similarly, family members were found to…
Descriptors: Violence, Negative Attitudes, Dyslexia, Parent Attitudes
The Relationship between a Silent Reading Fluency Instructional Protocol on Students' Reading Comprehension and Achievement in an Urban School Setting
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Rasinski, Timothy; Samuels, S. Jay; Hiebert, Elfrieda; Petscher, Yaacov; Feller, Karen – Reading Psychology, 2011
Reading fluency has been identified as a key component in effective literacy instruction (National Reading Panel, 2000). Instruction in reading fluency has been shown to lead to improvements in reading achievement. Reading fluency instruction is most commonly associated with guided repeated oral reading instruction. In the present retrospective…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Reading Fluency
Using an Interactive Singing Software Program: A Comparative Study of Struggling Middle School Readers
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Biggs, Marie C.; Homan, Susan P.; Dedrick, Robert; Minick, Vanessa; Rasinski, Timothy – Reading Psychology, 2008
Software that teaches users to sing in tune and in rhythm while providing real-time pitch tracking was used in a study of struggling middle school readers. The software, Carry-a-Tune (CAT) was originally developed to improve singing; however, since it involves a repeated reading format, we used it to determine its effect on comprehension and…
Descriptors: Matched Groups, Reading Comprehension, Singing, Reading Instruction
The Effects of Fast Start Reading: A Fluency-Based Home Involvement Reading Program, on the Reading Achievement of Beginning Readers
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Rasinski, Timothy; Stevenson, Bruce – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2005
This study tested the effects of a fluency-based home reading program called Fast Start. Thirty beginning first-grade students, representing a wide range of early reading abilities, were randomly assigned to experimental or control conditions for a period of 11 weeks. Parents and students in the experimental group received Fast Start training,…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Early Reading, Experimental Groups, Word Recognition
Reading and Spelling Connections in Third and Fifth Grade Students.
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Zutell, Jerry; Rasinski, Timothy – Reading Psychology, 1989
Examines the connections between oral reading abilities and spelling behaviors of third- and fifth-grade students. Confirms a strong relationship between spelling skill and oral reading ability, supporting the argument that a common body of conceptual word knowledge underlies both. (RS)
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5