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Repeated Reading versus Continuous Reading: Influences on Reading Fluency and Comprehension
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O'Connor, Rollanda E.; White, Annika; Swanson, H. Lee – Exceptional Children, 2007
In this research we evaluated two methods to improve the reading fluency of struggling readers. Poor readers in Grades 2 and 4 with (n = 17) and without (n = 20) learning disabilities were randomly assigned to one of two fluency practice variations or to a control group. Students in the treatments practiced reading aloud under repeated or…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement
Improving the Generalization of Sound-Symbol Knowledge: Teaching Spelling to Kindergarten Children with Disabilities.
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O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Jenkins, Joseph R. – Journal of Special Education, 1995
This study tested whether the application and transfer of segmentation and letter knowledge to reading could be encouraged by teaching spelling alongside code-based reading instruction, with five matched pairs of kindergarten children with developmental delays. Spelling and word reading performance significantly improved for the experimental…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Developmental Delays, Generalization