What Makes an Effective Reading Intervention? One Researcher’s 5 Criteria

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Chicago

Children who are struggling to learn to read often need intervention—targeted instruction beyond what they receive in class to help grow their skills.

But not every intervention is a good one, says reading researcher Matt Burns.

Burns, a professor of special education at the University of Florida who studies academic interventions, recalled one observation he made of a special education teacher conducting a lesson with a student.

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