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Cribbs, Aimee M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study focused on the relationships between educator reading fluency constructs, reading fluency instruction and oral reading fluency assessment. Survey responses from sixty-six elementary educators in rural and urban north Georgia were analyzed to reach an understanding of why educators are likely to equate reading fluency with reading fast…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Oral Reading, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
Johnson, Diane D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
An estimated 75% of students who are poor readers in third grade continue to be lower achieving readers in ninth grade. The National Reading Panel has identified fluency as a prominent cause of reading comprehension problems which ultimately affect overall reading development. The purpose of this study was to test the theoretical framework of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Theater Arts, Reading Fluency
Negrete, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study described oral reading fluency and within word pattern spelling, using rate and accuracy as the fluency measures. Oral reading measures, including reading for one minute, reading an entire passage, word recognition in isolation, and in context reading accuracy were examined with 56 second, third, fourth, and fifth graders. All students…
Descriptors: Spelling, Word Recognition, Grade 5, Grade 2
Fair, Brandy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to determine whether the Readiness for Education At a Distance Indicator (READI) assessment tool could predict student success in an online basic communication course through a comparison of students' scores on the READI assessment to students' final grade point average (GPA) in an online course. The population of the…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Distance Education, Time Management, Online Courses
Sipala, Christine E. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Fluent reading hinges on automatic word recognition, yet little research has investigated the acquisition process with repeated exposure to novel words. In this study, elementary students in grades three to six were asked to read two-syllable pseudowords five times each (in varied sequences) during two sessions (n = 49). The goal was to study…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Reading Fluency, Vocabulary, Elementary School Students
Iwai, Yuko – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This mixed method research study explored the role of metacognitive awareness in reading among adult English as a Second Language (ESL) students of various academic levels enrolled in a university in the southeastern part of the United States of America while engaged in academic reading. In addition, this study examined metacognitive reading…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Grade Point Average