Effects of Repeated Reading on Second-Grade Transitional Readers' Fluency and Comprehension.

Dowhower, Sara Lynn

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Publication Date: 1987

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Effects of Repeated Reading on Second-Grade Transitional Readers' Fluency and Comprehension.

Dowhower, Sara Lynn

Reading Research Quarterly, v22 n4 p389-406 Fall 1987

Investigates the effect of two repeated reading procedures on second grade transitional readers' oral reading performance with practiced and unpracticed passages. Found that reading rate, accuracy, comprehension and prosodic reading were significantly improved by repeated reading practice, regardless of training procedure employed. (SKC)

Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Reading Rate, Reading Research, Reading Skills

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