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Direct linkLin, Yu-Cheng; Lin, Pei-Ying – Journal of Experimental Education, 2017
There are no salient word spaces in Mandarin Chinese. Thus, it is unclear whether word spacing information differentially affects the reading speed of children with and without reading difficulties (RD). In the present study, native Chinese-speaking children of differential reading abilities were tested with Chinese text in un-spaced versus spaced…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Reading Ability, Layout (Publications), Reading Difficulties
Stocks, 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
Download full textHussien, Abdelaziz M. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2014
Most principles and propositions in the science of reading are derived from research on Latin orthographies, usually, in English while much less is known about Semitic orthographies, namely, Arabic. This study investigated the effect of vowels and type of genre on oral accuracy, oral rate, and oral comprehension in reading Arabic orthography. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Eklund, Kenneth; Torppa, Minna; Aro, Mikko; Leppänen, Paavo H. T.; Lyytinen, Heikki – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
This study followed the development of reading speed, reading accuracy, and spelling in transparent Finnish orthography in children through Grades 2, 3, and 8. We compared 2 groups of children with familial risk for dyslexia--1 group with dyslexia (Dys _FR, n = 35) and 1 group without (NoDys_FR, n = 66) in Grade 2--with a group of children without…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 8, Literacy
Ritchey, Kristen D.; Silverman, Rebecca D.; Schatschneider, Christopher; Speece, Deborah L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
The longitudinal prediction of reading problems from fourth grade to sixth grade was investigated with a sample of 173 students. Reading problems at the end of sixth grade were defined by significantly below average performance (= 15th percentile) on reading factors defining word reading, fluency, and reading comprehension. Sixth grade poor reader…
Descriptors: Prediction, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Grade 4
Long, Marion – Research Studies in Music Education, 2014
A substantial proportion of children underachieve in reading (Brooks & Tough, 2006; Doubek & Cooper, 2007; Tymms & Merrill, 2007). This paper builds on the existing evidence base for the link between reading and rhythm, presenting findings of an investigation into a rhythm-based music intervention. Following participation in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Children, Language Rhythm
Hussien, Abdelaziz M. – International Education Studies, 2014
This study examined oral reading fluency (ORF) of bilingual and monolingual students. The author selected a sample of 510 (258 males and 252 females) native Arabic-speaking sixth-graders (62 bilinguals and 448 monolinguals) in Egypt. The purposes were; (a) to examine oral reading rate, oral reading accuracy, prosody, and oral reading comprehension…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
Dundar, Hakan; Akcayir, Murat – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2012
The purpose of this study is to compare primary school 5th-class students' electronic text reading performance, reading speed and reading comprehension with tablet PCs and printed books. This study examined a sample of 20 students. The students were randomly divided into two groups, a control group and a treatment group. The control group students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Handheld Devices
Blue, Elfreda V.; Alexander, Tammy – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2009
Students with learning disabilities face real reading challenges. Research into the reading performance of culturally diverse students indicates improved reading performance for culturally diverse students when text matches students' cultural perspective. This quasiexperimental research investigates whether Caucasian and African American students…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Curriculum Based Assessment, Reading Tests, Student Diversity
