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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Conjoint reading programs

Overview

  • Influence: Conjoint reading programs
  • Domain: Curricula
  • Sub-Domain: Reading, writing and the arts
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: These programs are about the influence that focusing on reading has on other curricula content, and the effect of writing on reading.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 7
  • Number of studies: 204
  • Number of students: 8,257
  • Number of effects: 273
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.46
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Journal of Aesthetic Education Berger & Winner USA Instruction in visual art: Can it help children learn to read? 2000 Visual arts programs on reading 9 378 9 0.10
Educational Psychologist Guthrie, McRae, & Klauda USA Contributions of concept-oriented reading instruction to knowledge about interventions for motivations in reading. 2007 Concept-oriented reading program 11 2,861 75 0.78
Journal of Learning Disabilities Swanson, Hairrell, Kent, Ciullo, Wanzek & Vaughn USA A synthesis and meta-analysis of reading interventions using social studies content for students with learning disabilities 2014 Teaching Reading through Social Studies 24 0 27 1.02
Reading Research Quarterly Graham, Liu, Bartlett, Ng, Harris, Aitken, Barkel, Kavanaugh, & Talukdar USA Effectiveness of literacy programs balancing reading and writing instruction: A meta-analysis.  2018 Writing on reading 54 5,018 54 0.57
Reading and Writing Gillespie USA High school teachers use of writing to support students' learning: A national survey 2014 Writing on reading 19 0 21 0.13
Reading Research Quarterly Graham, Liu, Aitken, Bartlett, Harris, & Holzapfel USA Effectiveness of Literacy Programs Balancing Reading and Writing Instruction: A Meta-Analysis 2018 Balance reading & writing programs on reading 38 0 38 0.33
Educational Psychology Review McBreen USA The impact of motivational reading instruction on the reading achievement and motivation of students: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2021 Motivational reading programs 49 0 49 0.30
TOTAL/AVERAGE 204 8,257 273 0.46
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