Philip Capin

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of a reading intervention that embeds anxiety management instruction, Reading and Anxiety Management (RANX), for upper elementary students with reading difficulties. Evidence suggests that non-academic factors, such as anxiety, may play a role in limiting reading outcomes for upper elementary students. Further, greater anxiety has been associated with poorer academic performance, and anxiety has been associated bi-directionally with res...

The purpose of this project is to develop and test the promise of a narrative language and reading comprehension intervention called Guided, Explicit, Teaching of Oral and Written Narratives to Improve Narrative Text Comprehension (GET ON IT!) for emergent bilinguals with or at risk for reading disabilities (EBs with RD) in grades 2-4. GET ON IT will provide a unique extension of an existing narrative language intervention called Supporting Knowledge in Language and Literacy (SKILL), which w...

The purpose of this project is to develop and evaluate an intensive, supplemental reading intervention (i-SMART) that embeds growth mindset supports to improve reading and motivational outcomes for students with significant reading difficulties (RD) in the middle grades (Grades 4-5), including those with learning disabilities (LD). Reading interventions for students in middle grades yield smaller effects than those in primary grades. One possible reason why existing reading interventions sho...

This R&D Center is examining instruction of secondary English learners.