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Enhancing Oral Reading Fluency through Computer Assisted Repeated Reading
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Ja'afar, Hasimah; Othman, Wan Mazlini; Kesevan, Hema Vanita; Budi, M. S. – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
This study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of using the Computer Assisted Repeated Reading (CARR) technique to enhance Form One rural students' oral reading fluency (ORF). The single subject experimental design (SSED) involved five students who participated in a 12-week study where CARR intervention was carried out twice a week.…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement, Reading Rate
Improving Oral Reading Fluency and Comprehension Using Grade-Level Fiction: A Study of Systematic Reading Remediation with Urban Youth at Risk for School Failure
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Harty, Kristin; Kanfush, Philip M.; Riordan, Monica – Reading Improvement, 2019
Over a 12-week period, the researchers implemented explicit and systematic reading instruction using grade-level fiction to evaluate the effects on the oral reading fluency and comprehension of seventh and eighth grade urban students at risk of academic failure. Ten students in the experimental group were provided systematic instruction consisting…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement, Reading Comprehension
Improving Fluency in At-Risk Readers and Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Allinder, Rose M.; Dunse, Lynette; Brunken, Cynthia D.; Obermiller-Krolikowski, Heidi J. – Remedial and Special Education, 2001
A study involving 50 seventh-graders enrolled in three remedial reading classes focused on oral reading instruction and contrasted the effects of specific reading strategies with generic encouragement to do well. Students who used a specific oral reading strategy made significantly greater progress in reading that those with generic encouragement…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Oral Reading
Improving Reading Comprehension of Basic Students by Orally Reading High Level Material.
Blacharski, Carol S. – 1985
This study examined the effectiveness of a program with three basic features--high interest plays, oral reading, and high readability level--designed to aid middle school students scoring two or more years below grade level in reading comprehension. Subjects, 13 boys and two girls enrolled in a basic English class in a suburban middle school…
Descriptors: Dramatics, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Learning from Experience to Improve Outcomes in Reading: A Case Study. Research Series No. 149.
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Weinshank, Annette; And Others – 1984
A study of the requisite processes for establishing diagnostic validity in reading was conducted in a seventh grade remedial reading classroom. The study's objectives were to (1) collect reliable diagnostic data on each student's performance in word recognition, oral reading, silent reading comprehension, and listening comprehension before and…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Grade 7, Instructional Improvement, Junior High Schools
Improving Reading Achievement through the Use of Parental Involvement and Paired Reading.
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DeAngelo, Nancy; And Others – 1997
An action research project implemented a program for improving the reading skills of at-risk middle school students. The targeted population consisted of fifth- and seventh-grade students in a rural, middle class community located in northeastern Illinois. Evidence for the problem includes teacher observation, checklists, standardized tests, and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 5, Grade 7, High Risk Students