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CIRC is not designed for beginning reading. |
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CIRC has moderate evidence of effectiveness for upper elementary school reading. Across nine qualifying studies, the weighted mean effect size was +0.21. |
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See Student Team Reading (below). |
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CIRC has moderate evidence of effectiveness for struggling readers. Across three qualifying studies, the mean effect size was +0.46. |
CIRC is a cooperative learning program designed to help students develop metacognitive strategies for comprehending narrative and expository text.
For more on the reviews of CIRC, read the BEE reviews of upper elementary school reading and struggling readers.
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Student Team Reading is not designed for beginning reading. |
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Student Team Reading is not designed for upper elementary reading. |
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Student Team Reading has moderate evidence of effectiveness for middle/high school reading. The two qualifying studies included in this review showed effect sizes of +0.40 and +0.06. |
Student Team Reading is a variation of CIRC in which students work in four or five member teams to help one another build reading skills.
For more on the review of Student Team Reading, read the BEE review of middle and high school reading.
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The Reading Edge is not designed for beginning reading. |
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The Reading Edge is not designed for upper elementary reading. |
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The Reading Edge has moderate evidence of effectiveness for middle/high school reading. The two qualifying studies included in this review showed effect sizes of +0.15 and +0.33. |
The Reading Edge uses the same cooperative learning structure as Student Team Reading (see above), but regroups students for reading according to their reading level across grades and classes.
For more on the review of The Reading Edge, read the BEE review of middle and high school reading.
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BCIRC has limited evidence of effectiveness for reading for English Language Learners. The median effect sizes in one qualifying study were as follows: Spanish Reading=+0.30; Spanish Writing=+0.62; English Reading=+0.54; and English Writing/Language=+0.29. |
BCIRC is a cooperative learning, oracy, reading, and writing program designed to help children in grades 2-5 transition from Spanish to English instruction.
For more on the review of BCIRC, read the BEE review of reading for English Language Learners.
For more information on CIRC programs, visit www.successforall.org or e-mail [email protected].
For other reviews of research on education programs, see the Best Evidence Encyclopedia homepage at www.bestevidence.org.
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