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Young, Chase; Mohr, Kathleen A. J.; Landreth, Shelly – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
Research on readers theatre has indicated that it can improve elementary students' reading achievement and can be motivating, engaging and enjoyable, even for reluctant or struggling readers. Because of the potential for improvement and the engagement factor, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of readers theatre on young male…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Males, Grade 2, Reading Comprehension
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Young, Chase; Rasinski, Timothy – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
In this quasi-experimental study, the researchers examined the effects of implementing Readers Theatre in a second grade classroom, comprised of seven and eight-year-old students. The 70 subjects were chosen as a non-probability sample from two different classes and served as the treatment (n = 29) and comparison (n = 41) groups. A repeated…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Reading Fluency, Quasiexperimental Design, Grade 2