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Article: Paths to reading comprehension in at-risk second-grade readers.
- Article from:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
- Author:
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Recently, the United States National Reading Panel issued a summary of research evidence for effective instructional practices in the general education classroom (National Reading Panel, 2000). This report contained scientific information that is valuable in preventing reading disabilities and in optimizing the achievement of all students. Based on a review of the scientific evidence, the panel emphasized the importance of instruction aimed at phonological awareness, alphabetic principle and phonological decoding, fluency training, and reading comprehension. In exploring the application of the panel's findings to practice, more attention has been given to phonological ...