Peer reviewed
Direct linkERIC Number: EJ877258
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1540-0077
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Using Precision Teaching with Direct Instruction in a Summer School Program
Kubina, Richard M., Jr.; Commons, Michael Lamport; Heckard, Barbara
Journal of Direct Instruction, v9 n1 p1-12 Win 2009
This study examined the effects of a Direct Instruction (DI) reading program combined with Precision Teaching during a public school's summer program. Students received instruction from "Reading Mastery" programs for a six-week period. Students also practiced specific reading skills including letter-sound identification, sounding out words, and passage decoding, and they displayed their data on Standard Celeration Charts. Results showed that DI combined with Precision Teaching produced statistically significant gains as measured by informal and formal tests of reading. The results also indicated small to moderate effect sizes for the reading measures. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Summer Programs, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Effect Size, Reading Skills, Precision Teaching, Achievement Gains, Reading Tests, Direct Instruction, Evidence, Federal Legislation, Urban Schools, Measures (Individuals), Decoding (Reading), Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Reading Mastery Test
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