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Low-performing Readers: Results of Two Months of Reading Plus Practice
Building Capacity in Low-Performing Readers: Results of Two Months of Reading Plus Practice Instruction | Upper Elementary School | Middle School | High School Purpose of Study: Students with low comprehension, slow silent reading rates, and/or an impoverished vocabulary may not be ready for efficiency building in Reading Plus. Nevertheless, the program includes a wealth […]
Links to Learning Applications: An Analysis of Usage and Impact
Links to Learning Applications: An Analysis of Usage and Impact, 2011-12 Miami-Dade County Public Schools (FL) Instruction | Upper Elementary School | Middle School | High School Summary of Findings: Miami-Dade County Public Schools conducted an independent analysis of interventions used within their district. The analysis examined students in grades 3 through 10 who were […]
Effects of Four Electronic Text Presentation Formats on Reading
Effects of Four Electronic Text Presentation Formats on Reading Efficiency and Comprehension Assessment | Instruction | Upper Elementary School Purpose of Study: The goal of this experiment was to determine whether the use of a particular text presentation format during reading instruction might be more effective in advancing reading development. Study Design: Fifth-grade students attending […]
Exploring a Guided, Silent Reading Intervention
Exploring a guided, silent reading intervention: Effects on struggling third-grade readers’ achievement Instruction | Upper Elementary School Summary of Findings: The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of a supplementary, guided, silent reading intervention with 80 struggling third-grade readers who were retained at grade level as a result of poor performance on […]
What Do We Know About Comprehension-Based Silent Reading Rates?
Comprehension-Based Silent Reading Rates: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know? Instruction | Upper Elementary School | Middle School | High School Summary of Findings: This paper reviews research on the development of silent reading habits and examines instructional practices that can lead to good reading efficiency and strong comprehension. The authors […]