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Direct linkWanzek, Jeanne; Roberts, Greg; Vaughn, Sharon; Swanson, Elizabeth; Sargent, Katherine – Exceptional Children, 2019
Students with disabilities are often included in general education social studies classes, but these classes can differ in the achievement level of the overall class, including wide variation in content-related background knowledge, reading achievement, or both. The purpose of this study was to examine how background knowledge and reading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Improvement, Randomized Controlled Trials, Adolescents
Vaughn, Sharon; Wanzek, Jeanne – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2014
We use three data sources to build a rationale for why intensive interventions are necessary for students with pervasive reading disabilities: current data on the performance of students with disabilities on reading achievement measures over time, observation studies on students with reading disabilities in general and special education…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Achievement
Kent, Shawn C.; Wanzek, Jeanne; Martinez, Leticia – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
Material encountered in social studies has been shown to be challenging for students with reading difficulties, including those with disabilities. This study first examined the amount of time eighth-grade U.S. History teachers implemented empirically supported instructional practices. Second, this research investigated the association between…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices
Wanzek, Jeanne; Roberts, Greg; Al Otaiba, Stephanie – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the academic responding of students at-risk for reading difficulties in beginning reading instruction. Opportunities for kindergarten students at-risk for reading difficulties to respond academically during teacher-facilitated reading instruction in the general education classroom were examined in…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, At Risk Students, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
Wanzek, Jeanne – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2014
Direct vocabulary instruction is 1 critical component of reading instruction. Although most students in the elementary grades need to continue building their vocabulary knowledge, students with reading difficulties are at the greatest risk of falling further behind each year in vocabulary and concept knowledge without effective instruction. This…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Intervention
Vaughn, Sharon; Wanzek, Jeanne – Grantee Submission, 2014
We use three data sources to build a rationale for why intensive interventions are necessary for students with pervasive reading disabilities: current data on the performance of students with disabilities on reading achievement measures over time, observation studies on students with reading disabilities in general and special education…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Reading Achievement, Observation
Wanzek, Jeanne; Cavanaugh, Christie – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
The implementation of response to intervention requires that interventions for struggling students be provided through general education prior to referral for special education. The authors surveyed elementary teachers (K-3) in one state to examine the characteristics of the supplemental reading interventions that their students receive through…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, General Education, Program Implementation
