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Alexis N. Boucher; Bethany H. Bhat; Nathan H. Clemens; Sharon Vaughn; Katherine O'Donnell – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Most students with reading difficulties struggle to read words. We examined intervention effects for students with "significant" word reading difficulties (SWRD; standard score of 80 on at least one pretest measure of word reading), which includes individuals with or at risk for dyslexia. We investigated: (a) What are the effects of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Word Recognition
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Vaughn, Sharon; Roberts, Garrett J.; Miciak, Jeremy; Taylor, Pat; Fletcher, Jack M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
We examine the efficacy of an intervention to improve word reading and reading comprehension in fourth- and fifth-grade students with significant reading problems. Using a randomized control trial design, we compare the fourth- and fifth-grade reading outcomes of students with severe reading difficulties who were provided a researcher-developed…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Word Recognition, Reading Comprehension
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Ortiz, Miriam; Folsom, Jessica S.; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Greulich, Luana; Thomas-Tate, Shurita; Connor, Carol M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
This study, framed by the component model of reading (CMR), examined the relative importance of kindergarten-entry predictors of first grade reading performance. Specifically, elements within the ecological domain included dialect, maternal education, amount of preschool, and home literacy; elements within the psychological domain included…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Recognition (Achievement), Reading Achievement, Program Effectiveness
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Compton, Donald L.; Gilbert, Jennifer K.; Jenkins, Joseph R.; Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Cho, Eunsoo; Barquero, Laura A.; Bouton, Bobette – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Response-to-intervention (RTI) approaches to disability identification are meant to put an end to the so-called wait-to-fail requirement associated with IQ discrepancy. However, in an unfortunate irony, there is a group of children who wait to fail in RTI frameworks. That is, they must fail both general classroom instruction (Tier 1) and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Norm Referenced Tests, Disability Identification
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Sabatini, John P.; Sawaki, Yasuyo; Shore, Jane R.; Scarborough, Hollis S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
In this study, confirmatory factor analyses were used to examine the interrelationships among latent factors of the simple view model of reading comprehension (word recognition and language comprehension) and hypothesized additional factors (vocabulary and reading fluency) in a sample of 476 adult learners with low literacy levels. The results…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Adult Literacy, Adult Learning
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Aaron, P. G.; Joshi, R. Malatesha; Gooden, Regina; Bentum, Kwesi E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
Currently, learning disabilities (LD) are diagnosed on the basis of the discrepancy between students' IQ and reading achievement scores. Students diagnosed with LD often receive remedial instruction in resource rooms. The available evidence suggests that the educational policy based on this discrepancy model has not yielded satisfactory results.…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Disability Identification, Learning Disabilities
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Guthrie, John T.; McRae, Angela; Coddington, Cassandra S.; Klauda, Susan Lutz; Wigfield, Allan; Barbosa, Pedro – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Low-achieving readers in Grade 5 often lack comprehension strategies, domain knowledge, word recognition skills, fluency, and motivation to read. Students with such multiple reading needs seem likely to benefit from instruction that supports each of these reading processes. The authors tested this expectation experimentally by comparing the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Low Achievement, Reading Tests, Reading Processes
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MacArthur, Charles A.; Konold, Timothy R.; Glutting, Joseph J.; Alamprese, Judith A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
The purposes of this study were to investigate the reliability and construct validity of measures of reading component skills with a sample of adult basic education (ABE) learners, including both native and nonnative English speakers, and to describe the performance of those learners on the measures. Investigation of measures of reading components…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Construct Validity, Validity, Adult Basic Education
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Simos, Panagiotis G.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Sarkari, Shirin; Billingsley-Marshall, Rebecca; Denton, Carolyn A.; Papanicolaou, Andrew C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
Fifteen children ages 7 to 9 years who had persistent reading difficulties despite adequate instruction were provided with intensive tutorial interventions. The interventions targeted deficient phonological processing and decoding skills for 8 weeks (2 hours per day) followed by an 8-week, 1-hour-per-day intervention that focused on the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Fluency, Decoding (Reading)
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Jackson, Merrill – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The article reports on an intervention procedure designed to initiate reading in a ten-year-old mentally retarded girl assessed as a 'zero reader'. (PHR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Intervention, Learning Processes
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Swanson, H. Lee – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
A meta-analysis of instructional research with students with learning disabilities in the domains of word recognition and reading comprehension indicates effect sizes for comprehension measures were higher when studies included derivatives of both cognitive and direct instruction, whereas effect sizes were higher for word recognition when studies…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis, Reading Comprehension
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Ackerman, Peggy T.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
Fifty-three children (ages 9-13) with dyslexia completed a summer tutoring program that emphasized word-building skills. Children who received piracetam (a purportedly memory-enhancing drug) did not improve more than nonmedicated children in any aspect of reading. Children subtyped as "phonetic" improved significantly more in…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Dyslexia, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
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Spear-Swerling, Louise; Sternberg, Robert J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This article describes a theoretical model of reading disability that integrates research findings in cognitive psychology, reading, and education. The model identifies four patterns of reading disability: (1) nonalphabetic readers, (2) compensatory readers, (3) nonautomatic readers, and (4) readers delayed in the acquisition of word recognition…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Jimenez, Juan E.; Ortiz, Maria del Rosario; Rodrigo, Mercedes; Hernandez-Valle, Isabel; Ramirez, Gustavo; Estevez, Adelina; O'Shanahan, Isabel; Trabaue, Maria de la Luz – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
A study assessed whether the effects of computer-assisted practice on visual word recognition differed for 73 Spanish children with reading disabilities with or without aptitude-achievement discrepancy. Computer-assisted intervention improved word recognition. However, children with dyslexia had more difficulties than poor readers during…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Dyslexia, Elementary Education