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Keehn, Susan; Harmon, Janis; Shoho, Alan – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
This study investigated the impact of Readers Theater on eighth-grade students, the majority of whom were reading below grade level. Over six weeks of a short story unit, one class participated in Readers Theater. The comparison group of like-ability students received more traditional literary and vocabulary instruction. Quantitative measures…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Oral Reading, Vocabulary, Theaters