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You’Ve Got Mail: Using Personalized Authentic Reading Experiences To Increase First Graders’ Oral Reading Fluency, Krysten E. Halek
You’Ve Got Mail: Using Personalized Authentic Reading Experiences To Increase First Graders’ Oral Reading Fluency, Krysten E. Halek
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
Fluency is an essential component in learning to read. This research focused on exploring the impact of personalized authentic reading experiences on oral reading fluency and reading attitudes. Participants were six first-grade students enrolled in an urban public elementary school that were assessed as reading at a lower level than the majority of their classmates. Pre- and post-intervention data collection included measures of fluency (accuracy, automaticity, and prosody), comprehension, and reading attitudes. The four week intervention involved three 20-30 minute group meetings per week where students received and read personalized Pixar movie postcards. Results showed student increases in all dimensions …
The Impact Of Weekly Math Tests And Strategy Instruction On Math Fluency, Anna Garnaas-Halvorson
The Impact Of Weekly Math Tests And Strategy Instruction On Math Fluency, Anna Garnaas-Halvorson
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
Abstract A significant number of students enter the Elementary II years (Grades 4-6) without basic math fact fluency skills. This means teachers feel they need to revisit these skills and re-teach. This study tackles this concern by exploring the question of whether weekly math fact tests paired with teaching math strategies and individual goal-setting will have an effect on children’s ability to recall basic math facts accurately and efficiently. The study was performed in an Elementary I public Montessori classroom for grades one through three. The classroom community consisted of 25 students with varying strengths and abilities. Nine of the …