Reading Interventions for Struggling Readers in the Upper Elementary Grades: A Synthesis of 20 Years of Research
Date
2010-09
Authors
Wanzek, Jeanne
Wexler, Jade
Vaughn, Sharon
Ciullo, Stephen P.
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Publisher
Springer
Abstract
A synthesis of the extant research on reading interventions for students with reading difficulties and disabilities in fourth and fifth grade (ages 9–11) is presented. Thirteen studies with treatment/ comparison study designs and eleven single group or single subject studies were located and synthesized. Findings from the 24 studies revealed high effects for comprehension interventions on researcher-developed comprehension measures. Word recognition interventions yielded small to moderate effects on a range of reading outcomes. Few studies were located implementing vocabulary and multi-component interventions.
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Keywords
reading difficulties, learning disabilities, reading intervention
Citation
Wanzek, J., Wexler, J., Vaughn, S., & Ciullo, S. (2010). Reading Interventions for Struggling Readers in the Upper Elementary Grades: A synthesis of 20 years of resarch. Reading and Writing, 23(8), pp. 889-912.