The Effect of Fluency Instruction on the Reading Comprehension of Third Grade Students

The Effect of Fluency Instruction on the Reading Comprehension of Third Grade Students
Author: Michelle Renee Oswald
Publisher:
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2013
Genre: Fluency (Language learning)
ISBN:

The purpose of this study was to implement fluency interventions and examine their effectiveness on comprehension with third grade students. Six students, identified by their AIMSweb fluency scores, were used in this study. Three students were given fluency interventions and their work was compared to three students who were not. For 10 weeks, three students were given fluency interventions for approximately 15 minutes a day, three times a week. The intervention used was Repeated Readings taken from the Florida Center for Reading Research website. The students' reading growth was assessed using AIMSweb R-CBM (Reading-Curriculum Based Measurement) and AIMSweb Maze Comprehension test. Students were compared to nationally normed average rate of improvement according to the AIMSweb Growth Table. After the study, the researcher concluded that fluency instruction had a positive effect on comprehension.

Reading Fluency

Reading Fluency
Author: Timothy Rasinski
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2021-01-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3039432680

Reading fluency has been identified as a key component of proficient reading. Research has consistently demonstrated significant and substantial correlations between reading fluency and overall reading achievement. Despite the great potential for fluency to have a significant outcome on students’ reading achievement, it continues to be not well understood by teachers, school administrators and policy makers. The chapters in this volume examine reading fluency from a variety of perspectives. The initial chapter sketches the history of fluency as a literacy instruction component. Following chapters examine recent studies and approaches to reading fluency, followed by chapters that explore actual fluency instruction models and the impact of fluency instruction. Assessment of reading fluency is critical for monitoring progress and identifying students in need of intervention. Two articles on assessment, one focused on word recognition and the other on prosody, expand our understanding of fluency measurement. Finally, a study from Turkey explores the relationship of various reading competencies, including fluency, in an integrated model of reading. Our hope for this volume is that it may spark a renewed interest in research into reading fluency and fluency instruction and move toward making fluency instruction an even more integral part of all literacy instruction.

The Fluent Reader

The Fluent Reader
Author: Timothy V. Rasinski
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439332088

Introduces oral reading teaching methods for developing word recognition and comprehension in students.

Fluency Instruction

Fluency Instruction
Author: Timothy V. Rasinski
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-04-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1462504418

"Subject Areas/Keywords: assessments, decoding, elementary, English language learners, fluency, literacy instruction, oral reading, primary grades, prosody, reading comprehension, reading expressiveness, reading methods, secondary, struggling readers Description: This accessible guide brings together well-known authorities to examine what reading fluency is and how it can best be taught. Teachers get a clear, practical roadmap for navigating the often confusing terrain of this crucial aspect of balanced literacy instruction. Innovative approaches to instruction and assessment are described and illustrated with vivid examples from K-12 classrooms. The book debunks common misconceptions about fluency and clarifies its key role in comprehension. Effective practices are presented for developing fluency in specific populations, including English language learners, adolescents, and struggling readers"--

The Effects of Reading Comprehension with Indvidualizing Vocabulary and Fluency Strategies to Third Grade Students Scoring Below the First Quartile

The Effects of Reading Comprehension with Indvidualizing Vocabulary and Fluency Strategies to Third Grade Students Scoring Below the First Quartile
Author: Michelle Dawn Jennings
Publisher:
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2010
Genre: Electronic dissertations
ISBN:

After pre assessing students in a third grade classroom, the researcher noted four students, scoring below the 20th Percentile on the reading portion of the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) exam, fall, 2008, in a pilot study. As the researcher further assessed these students, it was noted that these students lacked fluency and vocabulary skills. Focusing on fluency combined with individual, vocabulary instruction, the researcher individualized each of the students' reading program within the regular education classroom. Each of the four students was working at their current level of reading, entering the third grade and progressing throughout the school year. The researcher used a combination of the Power Reading program and coupled it with individual, vocabulary strategies to assist readers with fluency and comprehension. As their reading progressed, students were challenged to next levels. Data was analyzed using the NWEA assessment, Houghton Mifflin Leveled Reading Assessment and Kansas State Reading Assessments during the course of the school year to mark progress. All four students in year one exited the bottom quartile of the NWEA, gained two reading levels according the Houghton Mifflin Leveled Reading Assessments and scored in the top twelve percent of the Kansas State Reading Assessments. The pilot study was replicated in the school year, 2009-2010, Year Two, with ten students with similar needs.

Fluency in the Classroom

Fluency in the Classroom
Author: Melanie R. Kuhn
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This timely book offers two distinct approaches to oral reading instruction that can easily be incorporated into primary-grade literacy curricula. It enables teachers to go beyond the conventional "round-robin" approach by providing strong instructional support and using challenging texts. Grounded in research and classroom experience, the book explains what works and why in helping students build comprehension along with word recognition and the expressive elements of oral reading. Specific lesson plan ideas, helpful vignettes and examples, and reproducibles make this an indispensable classroom resource. Included are chapters on fluency's role in learning to read, motivation, the home-school connection, fluency assessment, and strategies for struggling readers.