ERIC Number: EJ1275191
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Nov
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0938-8982
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Self-Determination to Increase Oral Reading Fluency Performance: Pilot and Replication Single-Case Design Studies
Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, v35 n4 p218-231 Nov 2020
We report findings from multiple baseline design studies examining the effects of a program ("Data Mountain") to improve the oral reading fluency (ORF) performance of 12 third-grade students with significant reading difficulties. The Data Mountain program guided students through self-monitoring, goal setting, and motivation training related to their reading performance. In the pilot study, these components were introduced across two experimental phases (self-monitoring and goal setting, followed by motivation training) to observe potential additive effects. In the replication study, the full Data Mountain program was introduced in one experimental phase. Between-case standardized mean difference effect sizes yielded moderate effects across studies (ES = 0.53, 0.63). Visual analyses of data revealed that students demonstrated increased levels of words read correctly per minute (wpm). In the pilot study, students' fluency increased to an average of 22 wpm in the self-monitoring and goal-setting phase, and to a further 9 wpm in the motivation training phase. In the replication study, students increased an average of 18 wpm with the Data Mountain program. These results provide evidence to suggest that self-determination and motivation training have the potential to support the ORF performance of students with significant reading difficulties in the elementary grades.
Descriptors: Self Determination, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Pilot Projects, Replication (Evaluation), Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Program Evaluation, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Motivation, Training
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: H325H140001