ERIC Number: EJ761871
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Feb
Pages: 13
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An Examination of Group-Based Treatment Packages for Increasing Elementary-Aged Students' Reading Fluency
Begeny, John C.; Silber, Jennifer M.
Psychology in the Schools, v43 n2 p183-195 Feb 2006
Reading fluency has been described as one of the essential ingredients for ensuring that students become successful readers. Unfortunately, a large number of elementary-aged students in this country do not fluently read age-appropriate material. Because of this, small-group interventions are practical and more time efficient than individualized intervention programs, but very few small-group interventions have been developed to target students' reading fluency of connected text. The primary purpose of this study was to examine four group-based treatment packages containing two or more of the following reading interventions: repeated reading, listening passage preview, and practicing difficult words in isolation. Effects of each treatment package were evaluated with 4 third graders using an alternating-treatments design, and effects were evaluated for both immediate and retained reading-fluency gains. Findings indicated that the combination of all three intervention components was most effective. Results also suggested some inconsistent relationships between immediate and retained reading gains for 3 of the 4 students. Implications of these findings, limitations of the study, and directions for future research are discussed. (Contains 2 tables, 1 figure and 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Grade 3, Teaching Methods, Reading Improvement, Intervention, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 3
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Language: English
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