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Adriana Frates – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The current study examined the effects of a shared reading instructional package on literacy instruction for multilingual learner (MLL) students with extensive support needs (ESN). Three participants, from kindergarten through 5th grade, received the intervention. To establish experimental control, the researchers used a multiple probe design with…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, English Language Learners, Student Needs, Elementary School Students
Stiltner, Stephanie Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This mixed methods retrospective analysis analyzed change using a linguistic-based approach during speech therapy among first or second-grade students with a speech sound disorder. Measures analyzed change within intelligibility, phonemic awareness, decoding, ability to apply skills, and response to IEP goals related to speech. Five schools…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Speech Therapy, Speech Impairments, Grade 1
Jessica Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Mountain Park Elementary School, a pseudonym, near New York City saw a significant increase in newcomer English language learners (ELLs). A third of MPES students achieved proficiency on state assessments compared to 5% of ELLs. The theory of action predicted that if teachers were provided with opportunities to acknowledge and challenge their…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, English Language Learners, Multisensory Learning, Teaching Methods
Sambucci, Joan N. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The goal of this descriptive study was to investigate the use of decoding strategies, specifically phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, accuracy and fluency, and vocabulary, to determine if applying the identified decoding strategies would have an effect on the students at-risk for reading failure. The purpose was to determine if these…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Teacher Effectiveness, Physical Activities, Lesson Plans
Barganski, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to understand reading tutors' perceptions of the effectiveness of tutorial programs on reading achievement of at-risk students in a South Texas school district. Fifty-eight reading tutors tutoring at-risk students in grades 3-8 were asked to complete a survey entitled "Reading Tutor Survey" and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Tutorial Programs, Reading Achievement, Phonemic Awareness
Lemons, Christopher J. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
Practitioners are increasingly expected to provide reading instruction to students with cognitive disabilities to help them become literate. Whereas a phonics-based approach to reading instruction is regarded as a "best practice" for most young children, its effectiveness for children with cognitive disabilities is unclear. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction