Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 6 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 7 |
Descriptor
| Grade 6 | 7 |
| Randomized Controlled Trials | 7 |
| Reading Comprehension | 7 |
| Intervention | 5 |
| Reading Tests | 5 |
| Comparative Analysis | 4 |
| Control Groups | 4 |
| Experimental Groups | 4 |
| Grade 7 | 4 |
| Grade 8 | 4 |
| Pretests Posttests | 4 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Online Submission | 2 |
| Exceptional Children | 1 |
| International Journal of… | 1 |
| Journal of Learning… | 1 |
| Journal of Psychoeducational… | 1 |
| Journal of Research on… | 1 |
Author
| Clemens, Nathan H. | 2 |
| Kwok, Oi-man | 2 |
| Simmons, Deborah | 2 |
| Alturki, Nada | 1 |
| Boardman, Alison G. | 1 |
| Buckley, Pamela | 1 |
| Davis, John L. | 1 |
| Diekstra, René F. W. | 1 |
| Fogarty, Melissa | 1 |
| Foorman, Barbara R. | 1 |
| Grant, Billie-Jo | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 7 |
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 7 |
| Grade 6 | 7 |
| Intermediate Grades | 7 |
| Middle Schools | 7 |
| Junior High Schools | 5 |
| Secondary Education | 5 |
| Grade 7 | 4 |
| Grade 8 | 4 |
| Grade 5 | 2 |
| High Schools | 2 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| Florida | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests | 4 |
| Gray Oral Reading Test | 2 |
| Florida Comprehensive… | 1 |
| Raven Progressive Matrices | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Does not meet standards | 1 |
Peer reviewed
Download full text
Direct linkClemens, Nathan H.; Oslund, Eric; Kwok, Oi-man; Fogarty, Melissa; Simmons, Deborah; Davis, John L. – Exceptional Children, 2019
This study utilized secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial and investigated the extent to which prestest word identification efficiency, reading fluency, and vocabulary knowledge moderated the effects of an intervention on reading comprehension outcomes for struggling readers in sixth through eighth grades. Given that the experimental…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Comprehension, Randomized Controlled Trials, Reading Fluency
Clemens, Nathan H.; Simmons, Deborah; Simmons, Leslie E.; Wang, Huan; Kwok, Oi-man – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
This study sought to better understand the prevalence of concurrent and specific difficulties in reading fluency and vocabulary among adolescents with low reading comprehension. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to identify a sample of 180 students in sixth through eighth grades with reading comprehension difficulties. A subsequent LCA…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension
Petscher, Yaacov; Foorman, Barbara R.; Truckenmiller, Adrea J. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the extent to which students who took a computer adaptive test of reading comprehension accounting for testlet effects were administered fewer passages and had a more precise estimate of their reading comprehension ability compared to students in the control condition. A randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Comparative Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trials, Control Groups
Alturki, Nada – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of using group story-mapping on ESL students with a learning disability in reading comprehension. The researcher focused on a specific graphic organizer in this study, called Group Story-Mapping. This strategy required students with learning disabilities involving reading comprehension to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
Boardman, Alison G.; Buckley, Pamela; Vaughn, Sharon; Roberts, Gregory; Scornavacco, Karla; Klingner, Janette K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
This study examines the interaction between the fidelity of implementation of a set of research-based strategies--Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR)--and outcomes for students with mild to moderate disabilities using data from two nonoverlapping studies in middle school language arts and reading classrooms (Study 1) and middle school social…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Outcomes of Education, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Fidelity
Hogenes, Michel; van Oers, Bert; Diekstra, René F. W.; Sklad, Marcin – International Journal of Music Education, 2016
The present study aims to contribute to the understanding of the effects of music education, in particular music composition as a classroom activity for fifth- and sixth-graders. The intervention (experimental condition) focused on a three-step-model for music composition, based on the Cultural Historical Activity Theory of education, and has been…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Composition, Grade 5, Grade 6
Shannon, Lisa; Grant, Billie-Jo – Online Submission, 2015
Achieve3000 publishes a number of online literacy programs that differentiate lessons and activities based on student performance. Magnolia Consulting--an independent, third party evaluation firm--assessed Achieve3000 Solutions' impact on student learning during the 2014-15 school year. The researchers used a randomized control trial, where…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Program Evaluation, Randomized Controlled Trials
