Practice making sense of stretch text has moderate evidence, based on 15 studies¶
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q3 i? The WWC panel assigned a moderate level of evidence to providing students opportunities to practice making sense of stretch text, supported by 15 studies. → Vaughn 2022
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Vaughn 2022¶
Vaughn, S., Gersten, R., Dimino, J., Taylor, M. J., Newman-Gonchar, R., Krowka, S., Kieffer, M. J., McKeown, M., Reed, D., Sanchez, M., St. Martin, K., Wexler, J., Morgan, S., Yañez, A., & Jayanthi, M. (2022). Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9 (WWC 2022007). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/29
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Appendix C of the guide reports "domain-level effect sizes across the 15 studies supporting Recommendation 4," practice with challenging stretch text exposing students to complex ideas and information; Table I.1 marks this recommendation moderate rather than strong.
"Domain-level effect sizes across the 15 studies supporting Recommendation 4"
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Practice making sense of stretch text has moderate evidence, based on 15 studies |
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Practice making sense of stretch text has moderate evidence, based on 15 studies |
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