ERIC Number: EJ1220596
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Aug
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
EISSN: N/A
Preventing Reading Failure for First-Grade Students in an Urban School
Telesman, Alana Oif; Konrad, Moira; Cartledge, Gwendolyn; Gardner, Ralph, III; Council, Morris, III
Journal of Special Education, v53 n2 p85-95 Aug 2019
This study sought to examine the effectiveness of Reading RACES (RR), a computer program designed to deliver a repeated reading intervention with culturally relevant passages. Specifically, this study examined the effects of RR on the oral reading fluency (ORF) and comprehension gains for first-grade learners in an urban setting and whether these gains would generalize to novel, generic passages. Five first-grade African American students at risk for reading failure were selected to participate in this study. Results indicated a functional relation between the use of RR and student gains in ORF and comprehension. All students who participated in this study demonstrated moderate to substantial gains on their ORF and comprehension on practiced passages. In addition, the data showed reading skills generalized to novel passages and maintained even 1 month following intervention. These findings extend the previous research base for RR. Limitations and future implications will be discussed.
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools, African American Students, At Risk Students, Reading Difficulties, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Correlation, Reading Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Skill Development, Generalization, Emergent Literacy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 1; Primary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A120103