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Use of Direct Instruction to Teach Reading to Students with Significant Cognitive Impairments: Student Outcomes and Teacher Perceptions
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Kanfush, Philip Michael, III. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine whether students with significant cognitive impairments make measurable gains in reading skills as measured by the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests--Revised when taught using Direct Instruction reading programs. Additionally, the study explored teacher perceptions of the effectiveness of Direct Instruction…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Regression (Statistics), Reading Skills, Reading Instruction
Manipulating Articulatory Demands in Non-Word Repetition: A "Late-8" Non-Word Repetition Task
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Moore, Michelle W.; Tompkins, Connie A.; Dollaghan, Christine A. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
The purpose of this paper was to examine the psychometric properties of a non-word repetition task (NRT), the Late-8 Non-word Repetition Task (L8NRT). This task was designed similarly to the NRT, but contains only Late-8 consonants to increase articulatory demands and avoid ceiling effects in studies with adolescents and adults. Thirty college…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Mastery Tests, Repetition, College Students
The Efficacy of Instructional Strategy on Mathematics Achievement, Attitudes, and Anxiety Levels of Developmental Math Students
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Thomas-Browne, Carmen G. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation investigated three instructional strategies in developmental math classes to determine if instructional strategy had a positive effect on student achievement, attitude towards mathematics, and anxiety level towards mathematics at a college in western Pennsylvania for students majoring in applied arts. The significance of this…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Educational Strategies, Quasiexperimental Design, Student Attitudes
The New Campus, 1982. Volume 35.
Hackler, George, Ed. – The New Campus, 1982
Ten articles on continuing professional education are presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "Merging Continuing Education and Inservice Teacher Education: A Concept Worth Exploring" (Alvah M. Kilgore); "Ablative Absolute Continuing Education, Ignorance Flees" (Ben J. Wiens); "Humanize! Individualize! Personalize!…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Cognitive Style, Extension Education