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Sharon Vaughn; Jeanne Wanzek; Leticia R. Martinez; Eleanor M. Hancock; Anna-Mari Fall; S. Blair Payne; Sally K. Fluhler – Grantee Submission, 2025
This pilot study investigated the efficacy of the Promoting Adolescent Comprehension Through Text (PACT) intervention, a social studies content knowledge and reading comprehension set of practices implemented with social studies classes including students with disabilities. Social studies general education teachers were provided with professional…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Content Area Reading, Faculty Development, Social Studies
Alicia A. Stewart; Sharon Vaughn; Nancy Scammacca; Elizabeth A. Swanson – Grantee Submission, 2022
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by persistently high levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity that interfere with functioning. Inattention is significantly related to lower reading outcomes, whereas hyperactivity/impulsivity alone is not. Strategies to Read Information Texts and Vocabulary…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Comparative Analysis
Davison, Mark L.; Biancarosa, Gina; Carlson, Sarah E.; Seipel, Ben; Liu, Bowen – Grantee Submission, 2018
The computer-administered Multiple-Choice Online Causal Comprehension Assessment (MOCCA) for Grades 3 to 5 has an innovative, 40-item multiple-choice structure in which each distractor corresponds to a comprehension process upon which poor comprehenders have been shown to rely. This structure requires revised thinking about measurement issues…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Pilot Projects, Measurement