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Abu-Hamour, Bashir; Al-Hmouz, Hanan; Kenana, Mohammed – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2013
This study facilitates the use of Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) to investigate the effect of short vowels on oral reading fluency (ORF) and silent reading comprehension in Arabic orthography. A total sample of 131 fifth-grade students (89 skilled readers and 42 poor readers) participated in the study. Two kinds of CBM probes were…
Descriptors: Vowels, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Silent Reading
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Abu-Hamour, Bashir – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
This study examined the applicability of the Arabic version of the Curriculum Based Measurement Maze (CBM Maze) for Jordanian students. A sample of 150 students was recruited from two public primary schools in Jordan. The students were ranked into high, moderate, and low achievers in terms of their performance in the Arabic course. Then all of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Semitic Languages, Grade Point Average
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Al-Hajaya, Nail; Al-Khresheh, Taisir – International Education Studies, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate cognitive learning style-based reading program on the achievement of Jordanian freshmen English majors. The subjects of the study consisted of 104 freshmen English majors enrolled for Reading Skills 1 in Tafila Technical University in Jordan in the fall semester 2007/2008. Students' learning styles,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement
Al-Tamimi, Yaser; Rabab'ah, Ghaleb – Online Submission, 2007
This study investigates the effect of phonological awareness instruction on the development of word-reading ability for EFL first-graders in a Jordanian state school. Based on Chard and Dickson's (1999) phonological awareness hierarchy, a phonological awareness training program was developed by the researchers, and used in training the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills, English (Second Language)