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Murray, Christy S.; Wexler, Jade; Vaughn, Sharon; Roberts, Greg; Tackett, Kathryn Klingler; Boardman, Alison Gould; Miller, Debby; Kosanovich, Marcia – Center on Instruction, 2010
Effective reading interventions for students struggling in the early grades have been a focus of considerable research over the past 20 years (Foorman, Francis, Fletcher, Schatschneider, & Mehta, 1998; Foorman & Torgesen, 2001; Geva & Siegel, 2000; Klingner & Vaughn, 1996). Comparable research targeting older struggling students has only recently…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Adolescents
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Gill, Sharon Ruth – Reading Teacher, 2008
Recent reading research has shown teachers how to help students comprehend and has identified strategies that good comprehenders use. At the same time, however, researchers report that few if any of these techniques are used in classrooms. Reading teachers and content area teachers alike need to be able to design lessons that help students…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Reading Strategies, Classroom Techniques
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Atkinson, Terry S.; O'Connor, Katherine A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
This article describes a study on the module-based online professional development project. The professional development model providing a basis for the Reading CEU (continuing education unit) Module Project involved four groups of stakeholders: master teacher instructors, module participants, module developers, and the university support team.…
Descriptors: Master Teachers, Continuing Education Units, Professional Development, Participant Satisfaction