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Direct linkLong, Deanna; Szabo, Susan – Cogent Education, 2016
This quasi-experimental mixed methods study examined the use of e-readers during guided reading instruction and its impact on 5th grade students' reading motivation, attitude toward reading, and reading comprehension. For 10 weeks, 19 students received guided reading instruction by means of the traditional paper/text format, while 16 students…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Student Attitudes, Electronic Learning
Helf, Shawnna; Cooke, Nancy L.; Konrad, Moira – Preventing School Failure, 2014
This study compared the reading gains of Kindergarten students who were at risk for reading failure who were taught with either a structured supplemental reading program or with teacher-designed or teacher-selected instruction. The authors used a quasi-experimental design with preexisting groups to examine changes from pretest to posttest.…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Supplementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties
Wolgemuth, Jennifer; Savage, Robert; Helmer, Janet; Lea, Tess; Harper, Helen; Chalkiti, Kalotina; Bottrell, Christine; Abrami, Phil – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The effectiveness of a web-based reading support tool, ABRACADABRA, to improve the literacy outcomes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students was evaluated over one semester in several Northern Territory primary schools in 2009. ABRACADABRA is intended as a support for teachers in the early years of schooling, giving them a friendly, game and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Phonological Awareness, Attendance
Shaw, Donita Massengill – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of two handwriting approaches, D'Nealian and Sunform, on kindergartners' letter formations. Forty-one participants received D'Nealian handwriting instruction as the control group; 133 kindergartners were instructed in Sunform as the experimental approach. Pre-post tests at the beginning and end…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Handwriting, Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols
Download full textChristie, Nancy; Sabers, Darrell L. – 1989
The setting for this study was a basic education component of a summer youth program designed to increase chances of high risk adolescents, mostly minorities, whose ages ranged from 14-18, to experience more positive academic and employment outcomes. The instructional program used in both experimental and control classrooms emphasized mastery…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewedBass, George; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1986
This study, which assessed the effectiveness of microcomputer-assisted instruction in assisting low achieving fourth to sixth graders to attain mathematics and reading mastery, found performance of only one experimental group statistically superior to that of the control groups, but no significant differences in attitudes toward school or sense of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction
Lawrence, Paula; Price, Robert V. – 1987
This project was conducted in order to determine the practicality of using specialized videodisc instruction to help preservice elementary school teachers learn the Language Experience Approach (LEA) to teaching reading more effectively. Texas Tech University students enrolled in an interactive video course planned and produced the interactive…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Elementary School Teachers
