Suggests reading activities involving prose, poetry, fiction, and dramatic reading with expression for sixth-grade students who read at and above grade level. (RH)

Discusses four oral reading methods (Neurological Impress Method, Echo Reading, Repeated Readings, and Assisted Reading) in terms of their potential for building fluency. (Author/DB)

Presents a technique for use with large groups of children to provide them with practice in fluent reading. (FL)

Discusses some errors students make while reading orally which indicate reading difficulty and serve as evidence that can be used in diagnosing the reading problem. (RB)

This study investigates the effectiveness of multiple fluency interventions on a single subject in grade three. Fluency interventions, including choral reading, echo reading, repeated reading, audio book modeling, and teacher modeling were implemented over a period of eight weeks. Results indicated that using multiple fluency strategies, rather…

Results of a study involving five learning disabled elementary students with deficient oral reading skills indicated that increased oral reading rates were related to systematic correction procedures, and that the word-supply procedure was relatively superior to the phonic analysis method. (Author/CL)

Article examines the effects of combining skill-based interventions and performance-based reading interventions on oral reading fluency of four elementary-aged students with reading problems. Study demonstrates how single case design elements, combined with brief experimental analysis, can be used to evaluate effectiveness of treatments.…

Discusses the practice of listening to children read aloud as a method of improving reading skills. Demonstrates that the phenomenon is not a simple, fixed treatment to be assessed on limited dependent variables. Concludes that in current evaluations there is insufficient analysis of the practice to do justice to possible effects and to help…

Describes a teaching method designed to increase interest in oral reading and improve students' reading skills. (RB)

This investigation probed whether the reading acheivement of second-grade children would be increased significantly by the addition of a quality literature program of tri-weekly oral reading experiences provided by elementary education majors. Twelve intact and heterogeneously grouped second-grade classes participated in the study. Twelve…

Afraid-to-make-a-peep students gain confidence and practice pronunciation with simple sound blend and word activities. (Editor)

In this case study, a child's parent was recruited to provide additional opportunities for reading practice. The child's sight word knowledge reliably increased and the child's reading fluency showed marked improvement throughout the intervention. Results demonstrate that a parent can be taught to implement reliably a reading program to provide…

A study examined the effects of reinforcement contingencies designed to increase the performance of existing reading skills in three boys (age 9) with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Results showed that a combination of contingencies, modeling, and practice was effective in producing substantial increases in oral reading fluency for all…

A study examined growth in oral reading fluency in second, third, and fourth grade students after a treatment of intensive instruction. The 53 subjects were assigned to either an experimental or a control group, and all were administered form A of the Diagnostic Screening Test: Reading, to determine their independent reading level, instructional…

Daily measures of reading comprehension were obtained for three learning disabled fourth and fifth grade boys in two settings--their regular classrooms and a special remedial setting. (Author)