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Capin, Philip; Cho, Eunsoo; Miciak, Jeremy; Roberts, Greg; Vaughn, Sharon – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2021
This study investigated the word reading and listening comprehension difficulties of fourth-grade students with significant reading comprehension deficits and the cognitive difficulties that underlie these weaknesses. Latent profile analysis was used to classify a sample of fourth-grade students (n = 446) who scored below the 16th percentile on a…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Williams, Kelly J.; Vaughn, Sharon – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2020
English learners with learning disabilities (LD) have well-documented difficulties comprehending text. This study examined the effects of an intensive reading intervention (Reading Intervention for Adolescents [RIA]) on reading outcomes (word reading, vocabulary, and comprehension) for ninth-grade ELs with LD (n = 85). In the RIA, students…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities
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Sanford, Amanda K.; Pinkney, Christopher J.; Brown, Julie Esparza; Elliott, Cameron G.; Rotert, Emily N.; Sennott, Samuel C. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2020
This study examined the impact of linguistic and cultural enhancements to evidence-based mathematics instruction within a multitiered support system for English learners. The study employed a single subject changing criterion design for four fourth-grade students who were English learners with or at risk of a learning disability diagnosis in…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Language of Instruction, English Language Learners, At Risk Students
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Miciak, Jeremy; Cirino, Paul T.; Ahmed, Yusra; Reid, Erin; Vaughn, Sharon – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2019
Inadequate responders demonstrate significant risk for learning disabilities. Previous investigations of the cognitive profiles of inadequate and adequate responders have not included measures of executive functions (EFs), which have well-documented associations to reading comprehension. We evaluated EF performance on a common factor comprised of…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Response to Intervention, Identification, Reading Difficulties
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Faggella-Luby, Michael; Wardwell, Michelle – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2011
Response to intervention (RTI) has received considerable attention from both researchers and practitioners as a schoolwide model for service delivery. However, research is limited on RTI applications in middle and high schools. The purpose of this article is to describe the outcomes of an experimental examination of a secondary (Tier 2) literacy…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Reading Comprehension, Middle Schools, Urban Schools