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Using the Number Line to Promote Understanding of Fractions for Struggling Fifth Graders: A Formative Pilot Study
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Schumacher, Robin F.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Gersten, Russell; Dimino, Joseph; Spallone, Samantha; Haymond, Kelly S. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2018
A formative pilot study of a fractions intervention was conducted to address the intervention's potential for improving fifth-grade struggling students' knowledge of fractions, and to identify any logistical or instructional design issues, before scaling up for a randomized control trial. In the first section, we provide details of the formative…
Descriptors: Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention, Grade 5
An Investigation of an Intervention to Promote Inference Generation by Adolescent Poor Comprehenders
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Denton, Carolyn A.; York, Mary J.; Francis, David J.; Haring, Christa; Ahmed, Yusra; Bidulescu, Adrian – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2017
This brief experimental study investigated the initial promise of an intervention designed to promote inference generation in adolescents with reading comprehension difficulties. The intervention, provided for nine sessions, included multisyllable word study, teacher explanation and modeling of inference generation and other comprehension…
Descriptors: Inferences, Intervention, Adolescents, Reading Comprehension
The Effects of an Intensive Reading Intervention for Ninth Graders with Very Low Reading Comprehension
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Solís, Michael; Vaughn, Sharon; Scammacca, Nancy – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2015
This experimental study examined the efficacy of a multicomponent reading intervention compared to a control condition on the reading comprehension of adolescent students with low reading comprehension (more than 1½ standard deviations below normative sample). Ninth-grade students were randomly assigned to treatment (n = 25) and comparison (n =…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Intervention, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
The Effects of a Fluency Intervention Program on the Fluency and Comprehension Outcomes of Middle-School Students with Severe Reading Deficits
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Spencer, Sally A.; Manis, Franklin R. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2010
Despite advances in the science of teaching reading, there still exists a small percentage of students who fail to make the expected progress in reading-related skills, notwithstanding attempts at intervention. Even if these struggling readers learn to decode adequately, fluency remains a problem for many, and little is known about the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Improving Reading Skills in Predominantly Hispanic Title 1 First-Grade Classrooms: The Promise of Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies
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Calhoon, Mary Beth; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Greenberg, Daphne; King, Amber; Avalos, Annalise – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a supplemental peer-tutoring reading program on phonological and reading fluency skills of first graders (N=78) who were in predominantly Hispanic Title 1 classrooms. Sixty-eight percent of the students were Hispanic, all were English speaking. Six classrooms were randomly assigned to either…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Hispanic American Students, Grade 1, Learning Strategies