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  • Educational Psychology
  • Literacy Studies
  • Intervention Science

Background:

  • Low reading comprehension affects academic success in elementary students.
  • Effective interventions are needed to support struggling readers in fourth grade.
  • Self-regulatory strategies can enhance learning outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate a text-based reading and vocabulary intervention for fourth graders with low reading comprehension.
  • To assess the impact of self-regulatory supports within the intervention.
  • To compare intervention effects against a no-treatment control group.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental design with random assignment to treatment (n=25) or control (n=19) groups.
  • Intervention involved text-based reading and vocabulary with self-regulatory supports.
  • Eight 30-minute sessions delivered in small groups (2-3 students).

Main Results:

  • Students receiving the intervention demonstrated statistically significant improvements in reading and vocabulary.
  • Gains were measured using a researcher-developed assessment.
  • The treatment group outperformed the comparison group on key literacy measures.

Conclusions:

  • The text-based reading and vocabulary intervention with self-regulatory supports is effective for fourth graders with low reading comprehension.
  • This intervention model shows promise for improving literacy skills in at-risk student populations.
  • Further research should explore long-term effects and scalability.