Dr. Diana Sisson and Dr. Betsy Sisson Connecticut Association for Reading Research Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of SRBI in Connecticut public schools in respect to four research questions. 1) What are educators’…
Top Ten Tips for Fostering The New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension In Your Classroom
Julie Coiro, PhD., University of Rhode Island Having the ability to comprehend and create online information texts will play a central role in our students’ success in a digital information age. Unfortunately, it is challenging to know how best to…
Explicit Strategy Instruction, Learning-Style Preferences, and Reading Comprehension of Struggling Readers
Laura J. Mead, Karen Burke, Lois Lanning, Jennifer F. Mitchell Department of Education and Educational Psychology Western Connecticut State University Abstract This study examined the impact of the Four Powerful Comprehension Strategies (self-regulating, creating meaningful connections, summarizing, and inferring) on…
Response to Intervention: An Instructional Model for Student Success
Melissa Petro, University of Bridgeport Abstract This article describes Response to Intervention (RTI) and Scientific Research-Based Interventions (SRBI). These are two intervention models of reaching out to students who need extra learning or behavioral support. This article focuses on RTI…
Response to Intervention: A Review of the Literature
Diana Sisson and Betsy Sisson Connecticut Association for Reading Research Abstract Federal legislators enacted the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 2004 and introduced a new method of academic intervention known as Response to Intervention (RtI) which marked a turning…