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Kennedy, Michael J.; Deshler, Donald D.; Lloyd, John Wills – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
The purpose of this experimental study is to investigate the effects of using content acquisition podcasts (CAPs), an example of instructional technology, to provide vocabulary instruction to adolescents with and without learning disabilities (LD). A total of 279 urban high school students, including 30 with LD in an area related to reading, were…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Multimedia Instruction, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities
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Lyons, Rena; Fives, Allyn; Kearns, Noreen; Canavan, John; Devaney, Carmel; Eaton, Pat – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
Evidence suggests that children living in areas designated as socially disadvantaged may be at risk for literacy difficulties. The Simple View of Reading (Gough & Tunmer, 1986; Hoover &Gough, 1986) is a theoretical model that sets out to describe the processes that children need to develop to become proficient readers, that is word…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Students, Reading Difficulties, Disadvantaged Youth