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Graves, Anne W.; Gersten, Russell; Haager, Diane – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
This study examined literacy instruction in 14 first-grade classrooms of English learners (ELS) in three schools in a large urban school district in southern California over a two-year period. Pre- and posttest measures of oral-reading fluency for 186 first graders, representing 11 native languages, were the outcome data. Reading-fluency data were…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grade 1, Teaching Methods, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Lee Swanson, H.; Sez, Leilani; Gerber, Michael – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
This study determined the degree to which the phonological and executive components of memory reflect language-specific capacities in reading achievement. We tested whether the memory processes in a sample of English-language learners that played a major role in predicting second-language acquisition and risk for reading disability (RD) in Grade 1…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), High Risk Students, Grade 1