James S. Kim|Lowry Hemphill|Margaret Troyer|Jennifer M. Thomson|Stephanie M. Jones|Maria D. LaRusso|Suzanne Donovan
Engaging Struggling Adolescent Readers to Improve Reading Skills
Wheelock College|University of Sheffield|University of Connecticut|Strategic Education Research Partnership
abstract study examined efficacy supplemental multicomponent adolescent reading intervention middle school students scored proficient state literacy assessment using withinschool experimental design authors randomly assigned 483 students grades 68 businessasusual control condition strategic adolescent reading intervention stari supplemental reading program involving instruction support wordreading skills fluency vocabulary comprehension peer talk promote reading engagement comprehension authors assessed behavioral engagement measuring much stari curricular activities students completed academic school year collected intervention teachers ratings students reading engagement stari students outperformed control students measures word recognition cohens 020 efficiency basic reading comprehension cohens 021 morphological awareness cohens 018 reading engagement behavioral form measured students participation involvement stari curriculum mediated treatment effects three posttest outcomes intervention teachers ratings students emotional cognitive engagement explained unique variance reading posttests findings study support hypothesis behavioral engagement fosters struggling adolescents reading growth b teachers perceptions students emotional cognitive engagement contribute reading competence