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Chotto, Jensen; Lozy, Erica D.; Marin, Rachel; Donaldson, Jeanne M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2023
Due to the prevalence of words that cannot be read phonetically in the English language, sight word instruction is required to supplement phonics instruction. In this study, we manipulated stimulus disparity in sight word sets by comparing the effects of sets of sight words with the same initial letter (3 words per set, 3 total sets) versus…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Sight Method, Phonics, Comparative Analysis
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Józsa, Krisztián; Barrett, Karen Caplovitz; Morgan, George A. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2017
Introduction: School readiness predicts both school and life success, so measuring it effectively is extremely important. Current school readiness tests focus on pre-academic skills; however, mastery motivation (MM: persistent, focus on trying to do a task) and executive functions (EF: planful self-control) are also crucial. Method: The purpose of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, School Readiness, Computer Assisted Testing
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Wunderlich, Kara L.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; Donaldson, Jeanne M.; Phillips, Cara L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
Despite a large body of research demonstrating that generalization to novel stimuli can be produced by training sufficient exemplars, the methods by which exemplars can be trained remain unclear. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate 2 methods, serial and concurrent presentation of stimuli, to train sufficient exemplars. Five preschool…
Descriptors: Generalization, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Stimuli, Preschool Children
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Park, Yonghan; Chaparro, Erin A.; Preciado, Jorge; Cummings, Kelli D. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The goal of the present study was to provide empirical evidence for the importance of mastering reading fluency in early schooling. Study participants were 1,322 students in 3rd grade in 42 schools in a northwestern state. These students were assessed using a battery of reading skill tests as well as comprehensive tests of more…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Mastery Learning, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
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Oslund, Eric L.; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Taylor, Aaron B.; Simmons, Deborah C.; Simmons, Leslie; Kwok, Oi-Man; Johnson, Caitlin; Coyne, Michael D. – Reading Psychology, 2012
This study examined the predictive validity of combinations of progress-monitoring measures: (a) curriculum-embedded phonemic awareness and alphabetic/decoding measures, and (b) Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good & Kaminski, 2002) nonsense word fluency and phoneme segmentation fluency on reading outcomes of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Early Reading, Phonemic Awareness, Predictive Validity
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Curriculum. – 1979
This set of curriculum materials geared to Oneida, Sioux, and Winnebago cultures represents a response to a need to modify the Chicago public school curriculum for use with Indian children as more American Indian groups moved to the city, and is designed to integrate specific cultural content into language arts and social studies curricula.…
Descriptors: Alphabets, American Indians, Cultural Awareness, Daily Living Skills