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Helf, Shawnna; Cooke, Nancy L.; Konrad, Moira – Preventing School Failure, 2014
This study compared the reading gains of Kindergarten students who were at risk for reading failure who were taught with either a structured supplemental reading program or with teacher-designed or teacher-selected instruction. The authors used a quasi-experimental design with preexisting groups to examine changes from pretest to posttest.…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Supplementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties
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Shaw, Donita Massengill – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of two handwriting approaches, D'Nealian and Sunform, on kindergartners' letter formations. Forty-one participants received D'Nealian handwriting instruction as the control group; 133 kindergartners were instructed in Sunform as the experimental approach. Pre-post tests at the beginning and end…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Handwriting, Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols