ERIC Number: EJ1317684
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jun
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A Comparison of Two Reading Fluency Methods: Repeated Reading to a Fluency Criterion and Interval Sprinting
Kostewicz, Douglas; Kubina, Richard M., Jr.
Reading Improvement, v57 n2 p86-103 Jun 2020
Teachers have used the method of repeated readings to build oral reading fluency in students with and without special needs. A new fluency building intervention called interval sprinting uses shorter timing intervals (i.e., sprints) across a passage. This study used an alternating treatment design to compare repeated readings and interval sprinting for three participants with or at-risk for reading deficits. The results show that the participants attained the fluency criterion on one of the reading practice procedures after approximately the same number of sessions without consensus as to the procedure. Compared to readings in the first phase, students demonstrated higher average initial readings and reached criterion as fast or faster in the second phase, demonstrating reading transfer.
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Repetition, Reading Fluency, Oral Reading, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy, Reading Tests, Intervals, Timed Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
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