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Identifying Robust Variations Associated with Reading Comprehension Skill: The Search for Pressure Points
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Compton, Donald L.; Pearson, P. David – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
This special issue of "JREE" ["Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness"] features studies from three of the teams (Barnes, Stuebing, Fletcher, Barth, & Francis; Language and Reading Research Consortium, Arthur, & Davis; LaRusso et al.) supported by the Institute of Education Sciences--Reading for Understanding…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Predictor Variables, Evidence Based Practice, Reader Text Relationship
The Effects of Textual Prompting and Reading Fluency on the Acquisition of Intraverbals
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Emmick, Jill R.; Cihon, Traci M.; Eshleman, John W. – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2010
The study examined the effects of textual prompt fading on the acquisition of intraverbals in 3 individuals with developmental disabilities. An alternating treatments design was used to assess the two independent variables. The first independent variable was transfer of stimulus control without component skill fluency. The second independent…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Research, Scripts, Verbal Communication
Fifth-Grade Turkish Elementary School Students' Listening and Reading Comprehension Levels with Regard to Text Types
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Yildirim, Kasim; Yildiz, Mustafa; Ates, Seyit; Rasinski, Timothy – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
The aim of this study was to examine fifth grade elementary school students' listening and reading comprehension levels with regard to text types. This study was conducted on 180 fifth grade elementary school students in Sincan-Ankara in the spring semester of the academic year 2008-2009. The comprehension test was administered to students. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Predictor Variables
Sparks Fade, Knowledge Stays: The National Early Literacy Panel's Report Lacks Staying Power
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Neuman, Susan B. – American Educator, 2010
In this article, the author talks about "Developing Early Literacy," the report of the National Early Literacy Panel. The panel, which consisted of nine experts, was convened by the National Institute for Literacy to synthesize the research on the development of literacy from birth through age 5. Over the eight years of their work, only 190…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Educational Research, Synthesis, Meta Analysis
Preschoolers' Attention to Print during Shared Book Reading
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Evans, Mary Ann; Williamson, Karen; Pursoo, Tiffany – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2008
Seventy-six children ages 3 to 5 were individually read two storybooks that had been specially formatted to contain salient printed words within the text, and illustrations and text on left or right-facing pages. The reader pointed to each word while reading to half of the children. After each book, children were asked to recognize elements of the…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Word Recognition, Predictor Variables, Time Factors (Learning)
Accommodating Variability in Reading Instruction.
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Roller, Cathy M. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2002
Demonstrates the wide variability among children learning to read and explores the consequences of this variability for reading instruction. Shares some examples to demonstrate that variability. Demonstrates what happens when very different children read identical text. Describes a way to organize classrooms that will better accommodate the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 1, Individual Differences, Predictor Variables