Literacy Learning Cohorts (LLC): Improving Special Education Teachers' Content and Pedagogical Knowledge for Providing Reading Instruction to Upper Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities
Intervention Details
Subject
English Language ArtsAcademic Program
Special Education ServicesDuration
Full school yearGrades
3, 4, 5Personnel
Coach, Special Education Teacher
Intervention Summary
Literacy Learning Cohorts (LLC) is a professional development (PD) innovation designed to improve special education teachers' content and pedagogical knowledge for providing reading instruction to upper elementary students with learning disabilities (LD). LLC includes a 2-day PD institute, six monthly cohort meetings, and individualized coaching to support teachers in implementing evidence-based strategies for teaching word study and fluency. The LLC model provides active learning opportunities, collective participation, and coherence, and is designed to deepen special education teachers' knowledge of how to teach reading using evidence-based strategies.
Grades
3, 4, 5Personnel
Coach, Special Education TeacherStatistical Finding Summary
Positive effect on the quality of teachers' word study instruction
Positive effect on the quality of teachers' fluency with connected text instruction
Positive effect on the time teachers spent teaching evidence-based word study practices
Positive effect on the time teachers spent teaching evidence-based fluency with connected text strategies
Positive effect on students' word-level decoding skills
No effect on students' fluency with connected text skills
Positive effect on teachers' knowledge for teaching fluency
No effect on teachers' knowledge for teaching word study
Source
Alison, B., Diane, H., James, A., Jennifer, U., Mary, B., Mary Patricia, D., Mary Theresa, K. & Nancy, C. (2017). Literacy Learning Cohorts: Content-Focused Approach to Improving Special Education Teachers' Reading Instruction (EJ1125284). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1125284.pdf.
Data Sample by Population
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The subgroup population data as studied here are not available. That means that while this study may work well for your setting, we cannot say based on the published study and results from our system’s reading of that study what the school/district subgroup characteristics were when evaluated here.