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Download full textPaige, David D.; Smith, Grant S. – Education Sciences, 2018
Academic vocabulary is the specialized language used to communicate within academic settings. The Coxhead (2000) taxonomy is one such list that identifies 570 headwords representing academic vocabulary. Researchers have hypothesized that students possessing greater fluent reading skills are more likely to benefit from exposure to vocabulary due to…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Academic Discourse, Vocabulary Development, Grade 6
Direct linkStocks, Christopher Dion – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this dissertation was to determine the effects of repeated reading on readers identified as below grade in sixth and seventh grade. The study was set in a rural middle school located in the foothills of North Carolina. Students selected for the study were identified utilizing Lexile levels to identify them as below grade level for…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7, Reading Instruction
Bass, Brian D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the impact of two variations of repeated reading on the fluency and comprehension of 173 sixth-grade students at a rural middle school. Students were randomly assigned to one of two repeated reading groups that focused on either improved reading rate or prosody and a comparison group that engaged in an equivalent amount of wide…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Repetition, Middle School Students
Russell, Janice M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Proficient reading is a necessary skill for a quality life. While educators would like to believe that most students master the art of reading and can understand what they read, national reports indicate that learning to read and becoming a skilled reader is not mastered by all (No Child Left Behind Act, 2001; NICHD, 2000a). One component of…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Oral Reading
Hale, Andrea D.; Henning, Jaime B.; Hawkins, Renee O.; Sheeley, Wesley; Shoemaker, Larissa; Reynolds, Jennifer R.; Moch, Christina – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
This study was designed to investigate the validity of four different aloud reading comprehension assessment measures: Maze, comprehension questions, Maze accurate response rate (MARR), and reading comprehension rate (RCR). The criterion measures used in this study were the Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement (WJ-III ACH) Broad Reading…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension
Veerkamp, Mary Baldwin; Kamps, Debra M.; Cooper, Lori – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
This study investigated the effects of Classwide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) on the reading skills of urban middle-school students using novels as the curriculum. Teacher-led instruction was compared with CWPT and CWPT plus a lottery contingency for appropriate on-task and tutoring behaviors. Three sixth-grade general education reading classes under the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Oral Reading, Reading Achievement, Reading Rate
