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Reading Comprehension and Fluency Levels Ranges across Diverse Classrooms: The Need for Differentiated Reading Instruction and Content
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Firmender, Janine M.; Reis, Sally M.; Sweeny, Sheelah M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2013
This research examined the range of reading fluency and comprehension scores of 1,149 students in five diverse elementary schools, including a gifted and talented magnet school. Results revealed a range in reading comprehension across all schools of 9.2 grade levels in Grade 3, 11.3 in Grade 4, and 11.6 in Grade 5. A similar wide range of oral…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Reading Achievement, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students
The Effects of Differentiated Instruction and Enrichment Pedagogy on Reading Achievement in Five Elementary Schools
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Reis, Sally M.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Little, Catherine A.; Muller, Lisa M.; Kaniskan, R. Burcu – American Educational Research Journal, 2011
This experimental study examined the effect of a differentiated, enriched reading program on students' oral reading fluency and comprehension using the schoolwide enrichment model-reading (SEM-R). Treatment and control conditions were randomly assigned to 63 teachers and 1,192 second through fifth grade students across five elementary schools.…
Descriptors: Group Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Programs
Using Enrichment Reading Practices to Increase Reading Fluency, Comprehension, and Attitudes
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Reis, Sally M.; Eckert, Rebecca D.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Jacobs, Joan K.; Coyne, Michael – Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The authors used a randomized design to investigate the effects of an enriched reading program, Schoolwide Enrichment Reading Model (SEM-R), with blocks of independent reading on oral reading fluency (ORF), reading comprehension, and attitudes toward reading for students in Grades 3-5. The authors used SEM-R in comparison with basal reading…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Independent Reading
Using Planned Enrichment Strategies with Direct Instruction to Improve Reading Fluency, Comprehension, and Attitude toward Reading: An Evidence-Based Study
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Reis, Sally M.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Coyne, Michael; Schreiber, Frederic J.; Eckert, Rebecca D.; Gubbins, E. Jean – Elementary School Journal, 2007
In this study, we used a randomized design to investigate the effects of an enriched reading program on 226 urban elementary students' (third through sixth grade) reading comprehension, oral reading fluency, and attitude toward reading in 2 elementary schools. The Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Reading Framework (SEM-R) provides enriched reading…
Descriptors: Remedial Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Programs, Reading Fluency