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Hartvigsen, Teresa; Durfee, Melanie; Call, Todd; Throndsen, Jennifer – Utah State Board of Education, 2021
The Early Interactive Reading Software Program encourages literacy growth and achievement in students in grades K-3. The program addresses early reading through the use of computer-based literacy software which provides individualized instruction designed to supplement students' classroom learning. During the 2019-2020 school year, these software…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Deborah Ann Coleman-Void – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Reading comprehension is the foundation of academic success as well as becoming a necessity of developing self-sufficient life skills. Lack of proficient reading skills are looming over middle grade students' ability to comprehend reading material across content areas. However, a lack of the skills needed to sustain a moderately productive life is…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Reading Programs
Grindle, Corinna; Kurzeja, Olivia; Tyler, Emily; Saville, Maria; Hughes, J. Carl; Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Freddy Jackson – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2020
Children with autism often exhibit difficulties with reading comprehension. Recent studies have demonstrated positive outcomes for typical learners from the internet-based reading comprehension program, Headsprout Reading Comprehensiont. In the present study, a preliminary evaluation of HRC was conducted with six children with autism. The primary…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Shamir, Haya; Feehan, Kathryn; Yoder, Erik – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2017
This study explores the efficacy of the Waterford Early Reading program (ERP) for teaching kindergarten and first grade students' early reading concepts. Students attended 3 elementary schools in Alabama. The treatment group used the software program whereas the control group did not use the software. Analyses revealed a significant treatment…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
Barber, Mariah; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Council, Morris, III; Konrad, Moira; Gardner, Ralph; Telesman, Alana O. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2018
This study examined the effects of a novel computer software program, Reading RACES (Relevant and Culturally Engaging Stories), on the oral reading fluency and comprehension of three urban first graders who were English language learners (ELLs) and showed reading/special education risk. The individually administered intervention consisted of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Culturally Relevant Education
Campbell, Natalie Cathalyn – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The study investigated the antecedents to disposition to trust with regard to the Accelerated Reader program. The areas considered were teachers' experience, teachers' peer experience, teachers' peer support, gender, and age. The population for this study consisted of teachers who used Accelerated Reader from four school districts in Louisiana.…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Trust (Psychology), Acceleration (Education), Reading Programs
Borrego, Josue D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the current study, the researcher investigated if there was a significant difference in Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) reading scale scores between English as a Second Language students who were instructed using the System 44 program and students who were instructed in a more traditional setting. The current study…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Reading Programs
Kartal, Günizi; Babür, Nalan; Erçetin, Gülcan – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2016
The main goal of this study was to investigate the effects of an experimental program designed to develop the phonological awareness (PA) skills of beginning readers in Turkish, an orthographically transparent language. We administered pre-, post-, and follow-up tests to assess the PA skills of 113 first graders and kindergartners in 2…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Turkish, Control Groups, Program Effectiveness
Myers, Brenda Gail – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Using a quantitative ex post facto causal comparative research design, this study analyzed the effects of the Academy of Reading software program on students' reading achievement. Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) reading scale scores of students in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades from 2013-2014 were utilized in this study. The…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement
Urdegar, Steven M. – Office of Assessment, Research, and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2016
This report examines the outcomes of the Summer Programs, a two-pronged initiative developed by the Superintendent to provide supplemental instruction for students in need of remediation and access to selected digital application for practice outside the regular school context. The Summer Programs are comprised of seven in-class components and one…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Evaluation, Outcomes of Education, Remedial Instruction
Shamir, Haya; Johnson, Erin Phinney – Educational Media International, 2012
This paper presents an effectiveness study of a computer-based English reading program, the Waterford Early Reading Program (WERP), among first and second grade students in Israel. Students who used the program were compared to a control group only receiving English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction as part of the school curriculum. First…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Early Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement
Smiley-Blanton, Regina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that all public school students, including English language learners, achieve proficiency in reading, math, and science by 2014 as measured on state assessments. English language learners enrolled in public schools for the first time receive a 1-year deferment from these state assessments in subjects…
Descriptors: Evidence, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Grade 3
Gibson, Lenwood, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The current investigation studied the effects of a computer software program of the oral reading fluency and comprehension of eight, first grade students. These students were identified as being either "at-risk" or "some-risk" for reading failure on the DIBELS oral reading fluency winter benchmark assessment. A multiple probe…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Programs, Reading Fluency, Computer Software
Chambers, Bette; Abrami, Philip; Tucker, Bradley; Slavin, Robert E.; Madden, Nancy A.; Cheung, Alan; Gifford, Richard – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2008
This article presents a randomized experiment evaluating a computer-assisted tutoring program. The software program, Alphie's Alley, provides reading tutors with assessment and planning tools and performance support. It provides students with animated presentations and engaging activities. In a yearlong study involving 25 schools using the Success…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Program Effectiveness
Lovell, Meridith; Phillips, Linda – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2009
This article reports the results of a systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the suitability of 13 commercially available, authorized software programs for teaching reading and writing in the primary grades. These programs were assessed on interface design, content, instructional design, whether manufacturers' educational claims were supported…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Needs, Computer Software, Reading Instruction