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Paige, David D.; Rupley, William H. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The reading of complex text has become part of the reading curriculum since the introduction of the Common Core State Standards. However, little research has been conducted to determine the effect of complex text instruction on comprehension and fluency in secondary readers. This study randomly assigned 53 11th-grade US history students to one of…
Descriptors: Grade 11, High School Students, History Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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Hawkins, Renee O.; Hale, Andrea; Sheeley, Wesley; Ling, Stacy – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
Using an adapted alternating treatments design, this study compared the effects of two intervention conditions on the reading fluency, comprehension, and comprehension rate of six high-school students reading below grade level. Students were repeatedly exposed to repeated reading (RR), repeated reading and vocabulary previewing (RR + VP), and no…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Reading Achievement, Low Achievement, Reading Comprehension