Ameliorating Reading Disabilities Early: Examining an Effective Encoding and Decoding Prevention Instruction Model

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Title: Ameliorating Reading Disabilities Early: Examining an Effective Encoding and Decoding Prevention Instruction Model
Language: English
Authors: Weiser, Beverly L.
Source: Learning Disability Quarterly. Aug 2013 36(3):161-177.
Availability: SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2013
Document Type: Reports - Research
Journal Articles
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 1
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Measures (Individuals), Reading Comprehension, Progress Monitoring, Student Evaluation, Observation, Statistical Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Urban Areas, Urban Schools, Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, At Risk Students, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Reading Failure, Teaching Methods, Time on Task, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Teachers, Decoding (Reading), Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Models, Prevention
Geographic Terms: Texas
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement
DOI: 10.1177/0731948712450017
ISSN: 0731-9487
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine whether integrating encoding instruction with reading instruction provides stronger gains for students who struggle with reading than instruction that includes little or no encoding. An instructional design model was investigated to best fit the data of 175 first-grade readers at risk for reading disabilities. Using cross-classified hierarchical linear modeling, variance in students' posttest scores could adequately be explained by students' initial encoding and decoding abilities, classroom and intervention encoding instruction time, and the number of supplemental integrated encoding and decoding intervention lessons received. Results indicated that integrating encoding and decoding instruction in first-grade classrooms, as well as supplemental intervention programs, may be the missing link to decreasing and possibly preventing future reading failure for students previously at risk for reading disabilities. (Contains 4 notes, 1 figure, and 4 tables.)
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 33
Entry Date: 2014
Accession Number: EJ1015359
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The purpose of this study was to determine whether integrating encoding instruction with reading instruction provides stronger gains for students who struggle with reading than instruction that includes little or no encoding. An instructional design model was investigated to best fit the data of 175 first-grade readers at risk for reading disabilities. Using cross-classified hierarchical linear modeling, variance in students' posttest scores could adequately be explained by students' initial encoding and decoding abilities, classroom and intervention encoding instruction time, and the number of supplemental integrated encoding and decoding intervention lessons received. Results indicated that integrating encoding and decoding instruction in first-grade classrooms, as well as supplemental intervention programs, may be the missing link to decreasing and possibly preventing future reading failure for students previously at risk for reading disabilities. (Contains 4 notes, 1 figure, and 4 tables.)
ISSN:0731-9487
DOI:10.1177/0731948712450017