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Koutsoftas, Anthony D.; Srivastava, Pradyumn – Exceptionality, 2020
Purpose: Oral language plays a significant role in the development of reading and writing skills in intermediate grade students. Therefore, it is an important consideration for students receiving special education services for a language-based learning disability (LLD) through the public school system. The goal of this study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Students with Disabilities, Language Impairments, Reading Skills
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Veerabudren, Sattiavany; Kritzinger, Alta; Graham, Marien A.; Geertsema, Salomé; Le Roux, Mia – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2023
Background: Learners with reading and writing difficulties (RWD) are accommodated in Mauritian government schools without formal curriculum adjustment and teacher support. Little is known about their RWD. The aim was to describe the characteristics of Grade 4 learners with RWD. Aim: To describe the characteristics of Grade 4 learners with RWD.…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Oral Reading, Foreign Countries
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Orkin, Melissa; May, Sidney; Wolf, Maryanne – Reading Psychology, 2017
This research investigated the influence of parental practices on helpless behaviors of struggling readers during homework tasks. Parents (N = 36) of elementary students reported on their children's helpless behaviors, such as task avoidance and negative affect, during homework assignments, and on the nature and frequency of their support.…
Descriptors: Homework, Parent Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Language Skills
Grimm, Ryan P.; Solari, Emily J.; McIntyre, Nancy S.; Zajic, Matthew; Mundy, Peter C. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Many children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) struggle with reading comprehension. Linguistic comprehension is an important predictor of reading comprehension, especially as children progress through elementary school and later grades. Yet, there is a dearth of research examining longitudinal relations between linguistic comprehensions in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Reading Comprehension, Language Skills
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2017
"Success for All" ("SFA"®) is a whole-school reform model (that is, a model that integrates curriculum, school culture, family, and community supports) for students in prekindergarten through grade 8. "SFA"® includes a literacy program, quarterly assessments of student learning, a social-emotional development program,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Literacy Education, Educational Research, Elementary Education
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Champion, Tempii B.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I.; Rivers, Kenyatta O.; McCabe, Allyssa – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: Research has established that African American (AA) children are lagging behind other children in their reading skills. A number of factors have been proposed to account for the literacy gap; however no single factor has entirely explained this disparity. This investigation examined the appropriateness of the Gray Oral Reading Test-Fourth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Speech Communication, Investigations, Language Variation