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Lawrence, K. S. – National Center on Schoolwide Inclusive School Reform: The SWIFT Center, 2016
A Fully Integrated Educational System practices collaborative learning among all peers. The study summarized in this report (Zhang, X., Anderson, R. C., Morris, J., Miller, B., Nguyen-Janiel, K. T., Lin, T., Zhang, J., Jadallah, M., Scott, T., Sun, J., Latawjec, B., Ma, S., Grabow, K., & Hsu, J. Y. (2016). "Improving children's competence…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness
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Kamps, Debra; Thiemann-Bourque, Kathy; Heitzman-Powell, Linda; Schwartz, Ilene; Rosenberg, Nancy; Mason, Rose; Cox, Suzanne – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The purpose of this randomized control group study was to examine the effects of a peer network intervention that included peer mediation and direct instruction for Kindergarten and First-grade children with autism spectrum disorders. Trained school staff members provided direct instruction for 56 children in the intervention group, and 39…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention
Parker, Jennifer Leigh Sarratt – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this quasi experimental research study was to examine the effects of two direct instruction programs, SRA Reading Mastery Signature and SRA Reading Success on reading comprehension skill acquisition of middle school students who qualify as a student with a specific learning disability. Furthermore, the study was used to compare the…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Quasiexperimental Design
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
"Spelling Mastery" is designed to explicitly teach spelling skills to students in grades 1 through 6. One of several Direct Instruction curricula from McGraw-Hill that precisely specify how to teach incremental content, "Spelling Mastery" includes phonemic, morphemic, and whole-word strategies. The What Works Clearinghouse…
Descriptors: Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Elementary School Students, Direct Instruction
Jackson, Arthur Wesley – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Less than 50% of students from an inner-city high school in a southeastern US state who took the GATEWAY mathematics exam (2001-2007) earned a passing score on the first attempt, prompting teachers at the school to begin a summer intervention program based on Bandura's Self Efficacy Theory, to help them succeed on a subsequent reexamination. The…
Descriptors: Evidence, Direct Instruction, Intervention, Teacher Collaboration
Waldvogel, Steven John – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Scope and method of study: The purpose of this research study was to examine the effectiveness of an (IMSE) Orton-Gillingham based multi-sensory instructional reading program when incorporated with kindergarten through first grade classroom reading instruction in one rural Midwestern school district. The IMSE supplemental reading program is…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Phonics