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Rinehart, Steven D. – Reading Psychology, 1999
Suggests that readers' theater activities may help children with reading problems gain oral-reading fluency and confidence. Describes how readers' theater can be successfully integrated into a broader, multifaceted tutorial. Finds positive benefits of readers' theater preparation and practice during a summer reading tutorial. Presents classroom…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Readers Theater
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Fitzgerald, Jill – Reading Research Quarterly, 2001
Finds that at-risk first and second graders made statistically significant gains in instructional reading level that was attributable to tutoring by minimally trained America Reads Challenge college students. Finds that the greatest impact was in affecting children's ability to read words, and that most of their growth occurred during the second…
Descriptors: College Students, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education
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Vadasy, Patricia F.; Sanders, Elizabeth A.; Peyton, Julia A.; Jenkins, Joseph R. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2002
A study compared students at risk for reading disabilities who were provided phonics-based instruction in first grade (n=13), students tutored in comprehension skills in second grade (n=10), and students tutored in both grades (n=26). Students tutored only in first grade performed better than those also tutored in second grade. (Contains…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Phonics, Primary Education
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Drew, Margaret – Ohio Reading Teacher, 2000
Presents a project to develop emergent literacy awareness and increase success with reading and writing through the America Reads program. Suggests the value of early experience and interaction with print in children's reading and writing development. Finds that approaches in which systematic code instruction is included alongside meaning…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
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Baker, Scott; Gersten, Russell; Keating, Thomas – Reading Research Quarterly, 2000
Describes "Start Making a Reader Today" (SMART), a volunteer tutoring program that helps K-2 students at risk of reading difficulties. Finds that the program improved students' word reading, reading fluency, and word comprehension, though level of performance at end of second grade was still much lower than that of average-achieving…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Longitudinal Studies, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
Day, Janet D. – 1993
A study described the amount of usage and structure of cross-age reading tutoring programs. A survey was sent to 68 schools in northwest Ohio to determine percentage and ranges of usage. Results indicated that less than 22% of the 42 elementary schools that responded to the survey used a cross-age tutoring program. Of the programs in place, less…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools
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Juel, Connie – Reading Teacher, 1991
Describes a cross-age tutoring program that provides benefits to both the university student athletes who serve as tutors and the elementary school students with whom they work. Gives reasons for the success of the program, as well as evidence of the success. (MG)
Descriptors: Athletes, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, High Risk Students
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 2000
This paper provides an overview of Reading Recovery, a preventative one-on-one tutoring program that targets first-grade students whose reading skills place them in the lowest 10-20% at their school. First implemented in the United States in 1986, by 1995-96, the program was being used by over 9,000 schools in 2,940 districts. Key components of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Slavin, Robert E.; Madden, Nancy A. – 1995
The Success for All model of instruction, which seeks to prevent academic problems in elementary school by addressing reading difficulties with early, intensive intervention, is described. The approach, begun with native English-speaking students at risk academically, provides tutoring from prekindergarten or kindergarten onward, particularly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Dropout Prevention, Educational Strategies
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 2000
This paper provides an overview of Reading One-to-One, a structured paraprofessional tutorial program designed to improve the performance of at-risk students in grades K-8, particularly low-income, minority, and second-language learners. The program builds on some elements of Reading Recovery and Success For All. The curriculum combines explicit…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials