ERIC Number: EJ1174262
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-726X
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Reread-Adapt and Answer-Comprehend Intervention with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Readers: Effect on Fluency and Reading Achievement
Schirmer, Barbara R.; Schaffer, Laura; Therrien, William J.; Schirmer, Todd N.
American Annals of the Deaf, v156 n5 p469-475 2011
The researchers investigated the effect of the Reread-Adapt and Answer-Comprehend intervention (Therrien, Gormley, & Kubina, 2006) on the reading fluency and achievement of d/Deaf and hard of hearing elementary-level students. Children in the third, fifth, and sixth grades at a state school for d/Deaf and hard of hearing students received a fluency intervention that was supplemental to their regular reading instruction. Significant improvement was found on a generalized measure of reading fluency after intervention. Though the researchers found no significant improvement in performance on a generalized measure of comprehension after intervention, the students demonstrated consistently good comprehension on both literal and inferential questions during the intervention sessions. The findings support the importance of incorporating a comprehension monitoring strategy in fluency instruction.
Descriptors: Intervention, Deafness, Partial Hearing, Reading Achievement, Reading Fluency, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Achievement Gains, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests, Supplementary Reading Materials, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 6, Readability, Readability Formulas, Achievement Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Flesch Reading Ease Formula; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement
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