Literacy and language outcomes of comprehensive and developmental-constructivist approaches to early childhood education: A systematic review

Bette Chambers; Alan C.K. Cheung; Robert E. Slavin

Educational Research Review Vol. 18, No. 1 (May 2016) pp. 88–111

This systematic review of research on early childhood programs seeks to identify effective approaches capable of improving literacy and language outcomes for preschoolers. It applies consistent standards to determine the strength of evidence...

Language: English

Achievement Effects of Embedded Multimedia in a Success for All Reading Program

Bette Chambers; Alan C. K. Cheung; Nancy A. Madden; Robert E. Slavin; Richard Gifford

Journal of Educational Psychology Vol. 98, No. 1 (February 2006) pp. 232–237

Embedded multimedia refers to teaching methods that embed video content within teachers' lessons. The research of Mayer and others has suggested that multimedia instruction can enhance learning by using the capacity of both visual and verbal memory...

Computer-Assisted Tutoring in Success for All: Reading Outcomes for First Graders

Bette Chambers; Philip Abrami; Bradley Tucker; Robert E. Slavin; Nancy A. Madden; Alan Cheung; Richard Gifford

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness Vol. 1, No. 2 (2008) pp. 120–137

This article presents a randomized experiment evaluating a computer-assisted tutoring program. The software program, Alphie's Alley, provides reading tutors with assessment and planning tools and performance support. It provides students with...

Small-Group, Computer-Assisted Tutoring to Improve Reading Outcomes for Struggling First and Second Graders

Bette Chambers; Robert E. Slavin; Nancy A. Madden; Philip Abrami; Michele K. Logan; Richard Gifford

Elementary School Journal Vol. 111, No. 4 (June 2011) pp. 625–640

This study evaluated the relative effects of Tier II computer-assisted tutoring in small groups (Team Alphie) and one-to-one tutoring provided to struggling readers in 33 high-poverty Success for All (SFA) schools. In this year-long study,...

Technology Infusion in Success for All: Reading Outcomes for First Graders

Bette Chambers; Robert E. Slavin; Nancy A. Madden; Philip C. Abrami; Bradley J. Tucker; Alan Cheung; Richard Gifford

Elementary School Journal Vol. 109, No. 1 (September 2008) pp. 1–15

This article evaluates 2 technology applications for teaching beginning reading. One, embedded multimedia, involves brief phonics and vocabulary videos threaded through teachers' lessons. The other, computer-assisted tutoring, helps tutors with...