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Comparing Assessment Approaches for Use with Brief Experimental Analysis
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Clark, Gavin C.; Parker, David C. – School Psychology Forum, 2016
Within brief experimental analysis, assessment data are used to target interventions for struggling students. This use of assessment data aligns with prevention and early intervention frameworks, but popular measures are limited for this purpose because of issues with measuring improvement in short periods. Our study was a pilot comparison of two…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, At Risk Students, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Based Assessment
The Limerick Reading Initiative: A Reading Intervention Targeted at Struggling Readers in Primary School
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O'Rourke, Diarmuid; Olshtroon, Aoife; O'Halloran, Claire – Support for Learning, 2016
In this study we examined the effectiveness of a reading intervention targeting a group of 24 struggling readers in ten primary schools in Ireland. The intervention consisted of two components; component one consisted of 15-20 minutes delivery of the Toe-by-Toe programme (a well established systematic synthetic phonics programme) and the second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading, Intervention, Elementary Schools
An Analysis of Two Reading Intervention Programs: How Do the Words, Texts, and Programs Compare?
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Murray, Maria S.; Munger, Kristen A.; Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Elementary School Journal, 2014
In this study, the student texts and teacher guides of two reading intervention programs for at-risk, first-grade students were analyzed and compared: Fountas and Pinnell's "Leveled Literacy Intervention" (LLI) and Scott Foresman's "My Sidewalks" (MS). The analyses drew on the framework of available theory and…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Right from the Start: A Kindergarten Program That Helps Prevent Reading Failure
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Shea, Mary; Cole, Ardith – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2014
This article describes a study conducted with four Kindergarten teachers and students. The researchers were the building's literacy specialist/reading teacher and a college professor teaching pre-service teachers on site at the school. This was a naturally evolving teacher research study generated from questions raised as children demonstrated…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Reading Programs, Prevention, Reading Failure
The Effects of Video Self-Modeling on the Decoding Skills of Children at Risk for Reading Disabilities
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Ayala, Sandra M.; O'Connor, Rollanda – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2013
Ten first grade students who had responded poorly to a Tier 2 reading intervention in a response to intervention (RTI) model received an intervention of video self-modeling to improve decoding skills and sight word recognition. Students were video recorded blending and segmenting decodable words and reading sight words. Videos were edited and…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Reading Programs, Intervention
The Effect of the Intensity of Spelling Instruction for Elementary Students At Risk for School Failure
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Shippen, Margaret E.; Reilly, Amysue; Dunn, Caroline – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2008
This study investigated the effects of two levels of intensity (one lesson per day or two lessons per day) of a spelling intervention on students at risk for school failure. A quasi-experimental group design with random assignment was used. Elementary-level participants (n = 39) enrolled in a 4-week summer remedial program progressed through the…
Descriptors: Spelling, Remedial Programs, At Risk Students, Spelling Instruction