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Nese, Joseph F. T.; Alonzo, Julie; Kamata, Akihito – Grantee Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study was to compare traditional oral reading fluency (ORF) measures to a computerized oral reading evaluation (CORE) system that uses speech recognition software. We applied a mixed model approach with two within-subject variables to test the mean WCPM score differences and the error rates between: passage length (25, 50, 85,…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Tests
Michael Hebert; Janet J. Bohaty; J. Ron Nelson; Jessica Brown – Grantee Submission, 2016
In this meta-analysis of 45 studies involving students in grades 2-12, the authors present evidence on the effects of text structure instruction on the expository reading comprehension of students. The meta-analysis was deigned to answer two sets of questions. The first set of questions examined the effectiveness of text structure instruction on…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Instruction, Effect Size, Reading Comprehension
Kendeou, Panayiota; McMaster, Kristen L.; Christ, Theodore J. – Grantee Submission, 2016
Reading comprehension is multidimensional and complex. The persistent challenges children, adolescents, and even adults face with reading comprehension call for concerted efforts to develop assessments that help identify sources of difficulties and to design instructional approaches to prevent or ameliorate these difficulties. Doing so requires…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Teaching Methods, Reading Processes