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Anele Gobodwana – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: Foundation Phase teachers in the South African Department of Basic Education system daily encounter a challenge with learners struggling to read with understanding. This motive was displayed and made available to readers and authors by the recent Progress in International Reading Literacy 2021, which articulated that learners in the…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Reading Comprehension
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Jui-Teng Li; Fuhui Tong; Beverly J. Irby; Rafael Lara-Alecio; Hector Rivera – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This meta-analysis includes experimental and quasi-experimental studies of reading interventions for English learners (ELs) coupled with four specific instructional strategies. The purposes of this meta-analysis were two-fold: (1) to identify the effects of the four instructional strategies (i.e. scaffolding, graphic organizers, interactive read…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ponce, Héctor R.; Mayer, Richard E.; Méndez, Ester E. – Educational Psychology Review, 2022
The present study examines the existing published research about the effectiveness of learner-generated highlighting and instructor-provided highlighting on learning from text. A meta-analysis was conducted of scientifically rigorous experiments comparing the learning outcomes (i.e., performance on memory and/or comprehension tests) of students…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Meta Analysis, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
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Peng Peng; Wei Wang; Marissa J. Filderman; Wenxiu Zhang; Lifeng Lin – Review of Educational Research, 2024
Based on 52 studies with samples mostly from English-speaking countries, the current study used Bayesian network meta-analysis to investigate the intervention effectiveness of different reading comprehension strategy combinations on reading comprehension among students with reading difficulties in 3rd through 12th grade. We focused on commonly…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
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Danielle Colenbrander; Alexa von Hagen; Saskia Kohnen; Signy Wegener; Katherine Ko; Elisabeth Beyersmann; Ali Behzadnia; Rauno Parrila; Anne Castles – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
In this pre-registered meta-analysis, we investigated the effectiveness of morphology instruction on literacy outcomes for primary school children in English-speaking countries. We were interested in overall reading and spelling outcomes, but we also looked separately at results for trained and untrained words in order to determine whether there…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, Instructional Effectiveness
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Xiaoyu Ren; Ningyu Liu; Peng Peng; Yingfei Lu; Yuxuan Chen; Jia Li; Sha Tao – Educational Psychology Review, 2024
More than fifteen million native Chinese-speaking children are at risk for reading difficulties (RD), making effective Chinese reading interventions crucial for enhancing individual and societal well-being. A total of 51 studies from 2,015 children aged 6 to 13 years were included in the current meta-analysis to examine what works for reading…
Descriptors: Chinese, Reading Instruction, Intervention, Decoding (Reading)
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Cervetti, Gina N.; Fitzgerald, Miranda S.; Hiebert, Elfrieda H.; Hebert, Michael – Reading Psychology, 2023
We report on a meta-analysis designed to test the theory that instruction that involves direct teaching of academic vocabulary and teaching strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words develops students' abilities to infer new words' meanings and builds students' overall vocabulary knowledge. We meta-analyzed 39 experimental and…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Reading Instruction, Direct Instruction
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Peng Peng; Wei Wang; Marissa J. Filderman; Wenxiu Zhang; Lifeng Lin – Grantee Submission, 2023
Based on 52 studies with samples mostly from English-speaking countries, the current study used Bayesian network meta-analysis to investigate the intervention effectiveness of different reading comprehension strategy combinations on reading comprehension among students with reading difficulties in 3rd through 12th grade. We focused on commonly…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
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Filderman, Marissa J.; Austin, Christy R.; Boucher, Alexis N.; O'Donnell, Katherine; Swanson, Elizabeth A. – Exceptional Children, 2022
Informed by theories of reading comprehension and prior reviews of reading comprehension intervention, this meta-analysis uniquely contributes to the literature because it describes the relative effects of various approaches to comprehension intervention for struggling readers in Grades 3 through 12. Findings from 64 studies demonstrate…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Reading Achievement
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Jane E. Hardy; Victoria Rodrigo – Dimensions, 2025
Extensive reading is an approach to language learning that encourages learners to read a large quantity of easy reading material. A substantial body of research confirms the effectiveness of this approach for developing proficiency in both first (L1) and second (L2) languages. This paper explains what extensive reading is, why it is important, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Habits, Reading Materials
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HyeJin Hwang; Sonia Q. Cabell; Rachel E. Joyner – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2022
This study synthesized impacts of integrated literacy and content-area instruction (i.e., science, social studies) on vocabulary and comprehension outcomes in the elementary years (i.e., kindergarten through fifth grade). A systematic search of the extant literature identified 35 (quasi)experimental studies. Random-effects models were used to…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension
HyeJin Hwang; Sonia Q. Cabell; Rachel E. Joyner – Grantee Submission, 2021
This study synthesized impacts of integrated literacy and content-area instruction (i.e., science, social studies) on vocabulary and comprehension outcomes in the elementary years (i.e., kindergarten through fifth grade). A systematic search of the extant literature identified 35 (quasi)experimental studies. Random-effects models were used to…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension
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Swanson, Elizabeth; Austin, Christy R.; Stewart, Alicia A.; Scammacca, Nancy – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2020
To better understand the impact of using e-books on students' reading outcomes, we conducted a meta-analysis of 14 studies with students in grades K-12 published between 2007 and 2018. Findings revealed an average effect size across all studies and reading outcomes of 0.9 that did not differ significantly from zero. There was also no statistically…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Electronic Publishing, Reading Skills, Outcomes of Education
Swanson, Elizabeth; Austin, Christy R.; Stewart, Alicia A.; Scammacca, Nancy – Grantee Submission, 2020
To better understand the impact of using e-books on students' reading outcomes, we conducted a meta-analysis of 14 studies with students in grades K-12 published between 2007 and 2018. Findings revealed an average effect size across all studies and reading outcomes of 0.9 that did not differ significantly from zero. There was also no statistically…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Electronic Publishing, Reading Skills, Outcomes of Education
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Xu, Zhihong; Wijekumar, Kausalai; Ramirez, Gilbert; Hu, Xueyan; Irey, Robin – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
This meta-analysis examined the effectiveness of improving reading comprehension for students in K-12 classrooms using intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs), a computer-based learning environment that provides customizable and immediate feedback to the learner. Nineteen studies from 13 publications incorporating approximately 10 000 students were…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Meta Analysis, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Effect Size
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