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ERIC Number: EJ1034944
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 15
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0034-0510
The Effect of Helping Early Literacy with Practice Strategies on Reading Fluency for Children with Severe Reading Impairments
Malouf, Rachel C.; Reisener, Carmen D.; Gadke, Daniel L.; Wimbish, Sarah W.; Frankel, Aimee C.
Reading Improvement, v51 n2 p269-279 Sum 2014
This study examines the effectiveness of Helping Early Literacy with Practice Strategies (HELPS) One-on-One Program on increasing the reading fluency of two children identified as having reading difficulties. Reading fluency is characterized by quickness and accuracy of reading. Additionally, fluency is the second stage of the learning hierarch, following acquisition of a given skill, and necessary to become proficient in a given academic skill. Reading fluency is particularly important given the necessity of reading across multiple domains of life. This study targeted two students using the HELPS program who were struggling with reading fluency during. One student was found to read at a fourth grade level and the other read at a second grade level. It was found the HELPS program promoted an increasing in reading fluency across both student as evidence by an increase in their amount of words read correctly per minute.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: United States (Southeast); Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)