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Grajo, Lenin C.; Candler, Catherine – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2017
We employed a community of practice to expand the application of the Occupation and Participation Approach to Reading Intervention (OPARI) and build the capacity of practitioners to support children with reading difficulties. Twelve pediatric practitioners participated in a community of practice for 7 months. We used a one…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Pretests Posttests
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Fenty, Nicole S.; Brydon, Melissa – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2017
This study explored the impact of training special education teacher candidates to implement content literacy strategy instruction on the teacher candidates' feelings of self-efficacy, beliefs, and practice. The study also explored the impact of implementing content literacy interventions on the content knowledge of elementary age students with or…
Descriptors: Special Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Literacy Education, Student Diversity
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Alghail, Ali Abdullah Ali; Mahfoodh, Omer Hassan Ali – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
This study examines how international graduate students in a Malaysian public university perceive and overcome academic reading difficulties. The target population included all graduate students from Yemen, an Arab country, studying at Universiti Sains Malaysia. Data were collected using questionnaires, focus group interviews, and journal writing.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Reading Difficulties
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Wilcox, Kathleen A.; Murakami-Ramalho, Elizabeth; Urick, Angela – Journal of Research in Reading, 2013
The purpose of this mixed methods research is to examine teachers' perspectives on the response to intervention (RTI) framework and its implementation in Michigan and Texas schools. Both states have been leaders in literacy, increasing preservice and in-service teacher certification standards and developing similar batteries for assessing literacy…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Attitudes, Response to Intervention, Questionnaires
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Runo, Mary; Kargu, Geoffrey; Mugo, John K. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2010
The study aimed at finding out whether teachers can identify the courses of reading disabilities in learners. It intended to establish whether teachers have adequate knowledge of identifying learners with reading disabilities, determine the proportion of non-readers in grade five. It also investigated the existing methods and materials teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Questionnaires, Interviews, Foreign Countries