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The Effectiveness Of Using Phonics Instruction And Interventions In Elementary Classrooms, Brittany Kasprick
The Effectiveness Of Using Phonics Instruction And Interventions In Elementary Classrooms, Brittany Kasprick
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Nationwide students have struggled to achieve reading proficiency as measured by standardized tests. Reading is a critical tool for academic success. Lack of reading skills and strategies may contribute to difficulty in several aspects of academic life for students. Research has shown that phonics skills play a crucial part in determining if a student will achieve independent readership. Phonics skills may be foundational building blocks upon which students can develop further reading skills, culminating in independent readership, particularly in early elementary school. Daily phonics interventions may help improve a student’s performance in reading. The focus of this particular, quantitative study …
How Oral Reading Fluency And Reading Comprehension Are Intertwined, Ivy Rath
How Oral Reading Fluency And Reading Comprehension Are Intertwined, Ivy Rath
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The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a correlation between oral reading fluency and reading comprehension. Specifically, the study focused on finding if a student who is a highly fluent reader is also strong is comprehension and if a student is a low fluent reader, then they are also low in comprehension. Students were baseline tested at the beginning of the second semester to see where their oral reading fluency and reading comprehension scores were. Throughout the second semester of school, students were progressed monitored based on their baseline scores. Through careful analysis of the data …