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Jayanthi, Madhavi; Gersten, Russell; Schumacher, Robin F.; Dimino, Joseph; Smolkowski, Keith; Spallone, Samantha – Exceptional Children, 2021
Using a randomized controlled trial, we examined the effect of a fractions intervention for students experiencing mathematical difficulties in Grade 5. Students who were eligible for the study (n = 205) were randomly assigned to intervention and comparison conditions, blocked by teacher. The intervention used systematic, explicit instruction and…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Fractions, Mathematical Concepts
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Arfé, Barbara; Mason, Lucia; Fajardo, Inmaculada – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Direct instruction of reading strategies, such as the 'structure strategy', is demonstrated to be effective for the development of more mature and skilled reading processes in struggling readers. This instructional intervention approach, aimed at directly improving reading ability, can be used in combination with text simplification. Text…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Text Structure, Reading Difficulties, Reading Strategies