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Examining the Effects of Multitiered Oral Narrative Language Instruction on Reading Comprehension and Writing: A Feasibility Study
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Petersen, Douglas B.; Mesquita, Meredith W.; Spencer, Trina D.; Waldron, Jessica – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
This early-stage feasibility study investigated the effects of a multitiered oral narrative language intervention on oral language, reading comprehension, and writing. Twenty-eight second-grade students participated in this quasi-experimental control group study with assignment at the classroom level. The independent variable was large- and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Reading Comprehension, Pretests Posttests, Phrase Structure
Five Minutes a Day to Improve Comprehension Monitoring in Oral Language Contexts: An Exploratory Intervention Study with Prekindergartners from Low-Income Families
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Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Phillips, Beth – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
Comprehension monitoring has received substantial attention as a reading comprehension strategy. However, comprehension monitoring is not limited to the reading context, but applies to the oral context for children's listening comprehension, which is a critical foundation for reading comprehension. Therefore, a systematic and explicit…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Intervention, Preschool Education, Low Income Students
Effects of a Text-Processing Comprehension Intervention on Struggling Middle School Readers
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Amy E. Barth; Sharon Vaughn; Philip Capin; Eunsoo Cho; Stephanie Stillman-Spisak; Leticia Martinez; Heather Kincaid – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
Purpose: We examined the effects of a text-processing reading comprehension intervention emphasizing listening comprehension and expressive language practices with middle school students with reading difficulties. Method: A total of 134 struggling readers in grades 6-8 were randomly assigned to treatment (n = 83) and control conditions (n = 51)…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Listening Comprehension, Expressive Language
Evidence-Based Class Literacy Instruction for Children with Speech and Language Difficulties
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Gillon, Gail; McNeill, Brigid; Denston, Amanda; Scott, Amy; Macfarlane, Angus – Topics in Language Disorders, 2020
This study investigated the response to class-wide phonological awareness and oral language teaching for 40 children who entered school with speech and language difficulties. A stepped wedge research design was adopted to compare the immediate impact of the 10-week teacher-led instruction. The progress of the children with speech and language…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Phonological Awareness, Oral Language, Speech Impairments
Visual Support in Intervention for Preschoolers with Specific Language Impairment
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Washington, Karla N.; Warr-Leeper, Genese A – Topics in Language Disorders, 2013
This study was conducted as a follow-up analysis to two prior studies using existing data gathered in those original studies. In the current study, we focus on those preschoolers who received one of two interventions that varied in terms of the level of visual supports for grammatical elements (n = 22 of the original 34 participants). Utilizing…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Intervention, Grammar, Visual Stimuli
Changes in Story Probes Written across Third Grade by African American and European American Students in a Writing Lab Approach
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Nelson, Nickola Wolf – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: This was a comparative study of changes across a school year in multilevel language indicators, including African American English (AAE) features, in stories written by third-grade students participating in a writing lab approach to language instruction and intervention. Methods: Original stories written in September, January, and May by…
Descriptors: African American Students, White Students, Grade 3, Elementary School Students