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Direct linkSamuel Allen Patton; Douglas Fuchs; Emma L. Hendricks; Annie J. Pennell; Meagan E. Walsh; Lynn S. Fuchs; Wen Zhang Tracy; Loulee Yen Haga – Grantee Submission, 2022
Reading nonfiction texts with understanding is important to school success, yet many students struggle to do so. This randomized controlled trial extends previous research by contrasting an earlier iteration of a comprehension tutoring program (Comp) against a variant with strategies for transferring learning (Comp+Transfer). Participants were 189…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Samuel Allen Patton; Douglas Fuchs; Emma L. Hendricks; Annie J. Pennell; Meagan E. Walsh; Lynn S. Fuchs; Wen Zhang Tracy; Loulee Yen Haga – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2022
Reading nonfiction texts with understanding is important to school success, yet many students struggle to do so. This randomized controlled trial extends previous research by contrasting an earlier iteration of a comprehension tutoring program (Comp) against a variant with strategies for transferring learning (Comp+Transfer). Participants were 189…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4, Grade 5
Hendricks, Emma L.; Fuchs, Douglas – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Response to intervention (RTI) has been promoted for nearly 20 years as a valid supplement to or alternative method of learning disability (LD) identification. Nevertheless, important unresolved questions remain about its role in disability identification. We had two purposes when conducting this study of 229 economically and racially diverse poor…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Response to Intervention, Disability Identification, Students with Disabilities
Jacob, Robin; Armstrong, Catherine; Bowden, A. Brooks; Pan, Yilin – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
This study evaluates the impacts and costs of the Reading Partners program, which uses community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring to struggling readers in under-resourced elementary schools. The evaluation uses an experimental design. Students were randomly assigned within 19 different Reading Partners sites to a program or control…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Tutorial Programs, Randomized Controlled Trials, Tutors
Misewicz, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study aimed to compare the performance of elementary students on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in reading and mathematics between students who received SES services in grades 3-5 and students who qualified for free SES services, but did not receive SES services. Title I funds are set aside annually to pay private providers…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
Stessen-Blevins, Amanda – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2013
One of my first experiences with teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) was during my years as an undergraduate, working with the Somali-Bantu Community Organization (SBCO) in Syracuse, NY. My fellow undergraduate tutors and I worked specifically with 4th-6th grade students, developing lesson plans and implementing project-based learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Educational Theories, English (Second Language), Tutorial Programs
