Reading of a Research Article

Part I:

Complete the following information and questions as you read the Research Article.

Title of Article

Efficacy of Structured Literacy instruction

Date

Is the article considered recent?

__X_Yes (2017)

______ No

Topic of study

Effectiveness of Structured Literacy Instruction

Authors of Study

Who wrote conclusions based on study (studies)?

· McCandliss

Subjects in Study

Who are the participants in the study? Age? Grade level?

Type of Readers in Study

Below grade level?

On grade level?

Above grade level?

Hypothesis

What is the study trying to prove or document?

· The effectiveness of Structured Literacy

Summary of Findings

Is the hytpothesis proven or supported by the research?

If not, what are the findings?

Yes,

Application

Can this research inform your teaching practice?

If so how? If not, why not?

Part II:

Answer the question based on the reading of the research article.

What evidence from neuroscience supports the idea that students who learn reading strategies focusing on grapheme-phoneme associations are more likely to become successful readers than students who focus on memorizing whole words?