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Danielle O. Lariviere; Sarah R. Powell; Syeda Sharjina Akther – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2024
In this synthesis, we analyzed 10 prealgebraic reasoning interventions for students with mathematics difficulty (MD) in Grades 6 through 8. All interventions focused on one or more prealgebraic concepts including integer operations, algebraic expressions and equations, and functions. Of the 10 intervention studies, six employed single-case design…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Algebra, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Burke, Lisa; Poll, Gerard; Fiene, Judy – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2017
Seventh grade students, varying in their literacy skills, from a suburban middle school in the United States were taught an expository writing strategy using the Self-Regulated Strategy Development approach. Using an AB design, the students participated in an eight-session expository writing intervention that taught the writing process. The…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Writing Strategies, Middle School Students, Response to Intervention
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Ciullo, Stephen; Lembke, Erica S.; Carlisle, Abigail; Thomas, Cathy Newman; Goodwin, Marilyn; Judd, Laura – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
The authors report findings from a systematic observational study of middle school educators (Grades 6-8) in two states who provided reading interventions within Tier 2 and Tier 3 of a Response to Intervention (RTI) framework. Intervention sessions were coded and analyzed to understand (a) the frequency and type of evidence-based strategies…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Response to Intervention
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Solis, Michael; Miciak, Jeremy; Vaughn, Sharon; Fletcher, Jack M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
We describe findings from a series of longitudinal studies utilizing a response to intervention framework implemented over 3 years with students in Grades 6 through 8 with reading disabilities and poor reading comprehension. Students were identified based on reading comprehension scores in Grade 5 (n = 1,083) and then randomized to treatment or…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Anderson, Daniel; Saven, Jessica L.; Irvin, P. Shawn; Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2014
Schools and districts across the United States have adopted response to intervention (RTI) as a means for both identifying and intervening with students at risk for low achievement. The validity of RTI rests largely upon teachers making appropriate instructional decisions based on students' responses to a given practice. This study was designed to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Teaching Styles
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Coker, David L., Jr.; Erwin, Eileen – Urban Education, 2011
In this case study, we examined the effects of two instructional methods, Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) and Collaborative Reasoning (CR), on students' written and oral arguments. Using an interview, we also explored students' understanding of academic arguments and their perceptions about the instruction. The students were 38 middle…
Descriptors: African American Students, Urban Schools, Middle Schools, Teaching Methods