goal setting
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Research Article of the Month: April 2024
Monday, April 29, 2024
Training in self-regulation has been shown to improve strategy use and reading comprehension outcomes. Denton et al. (2021) examine the feasibility of a reading intervention with a strong self-regulation component.
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Identifying Phonological Working Memory Struggles and Intervening With Instruction
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Proficiency with phonological working memory is a part of developing other literacy skills.
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Goal Setting and Progress Monitoring to Address a Literacy Issue: The PROPeL Initiative
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Address a literacy challenge by setting a SMART goal, establishing benchmarks in the journey toward that goal, tracking the entire process using progress monitoring, and modifying instruction when progress monitoring suggests you should.