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Teachers' Perceptions About Response To Intervention Reading Strategies For At-Risk Students, Wanda Jean Rector Jan 2016

Teachers' Perceptions About Response To Intervention Reading Strategies For At-Risk Students, Wanda Jean Rector

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many students enter 9th grade as non-proficient readers who have not been successful on the state reading assessment. Response to Intervention (RTI) is a required program for teachers to use to increase students' reading proficiency. Guided by Bruner's constructivist theory and Vygotsky's theory of the zone of proximal development, this study examined the connection between these 2 theories and explored approaches to the creation of instructional delivery methods for reading to assist struggling readers. The research questions focused on teachers' perceptions about RTI implementation, training, and best practices. The participants were Grade 9 English teachers (n = 6) who were …