Keywords
repeated readings, computer-assisted, high incidence disabilities, reading fluency, multiple baseline across subjects, percentage of all nonoverlapping data
Abstract
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has mandated that all public school students will be reading at grade level by the 2013-2014 school year. Florida has embarked on an agenda to ensure that the kindergarten through high school student population is reading at or above grade level by 2014. Many of Florida's low-performing student population, including middle school students with high incidence disabilities, are reading below grade level. Using a multiple baseline across subjects design, this study examined the impact of computer-assisted repeated readings on the reading performance of three middle school students with mild intellectual disabilities over the course of 67 days. Results showed an improvement in reading fluency rate using instructional level text. The study was evaluated using quality indicators of single-subject research in special education. Future research is advocated to replicate this study across different grades and exceptionalities.
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Graduation Date
2009
Advisor
Martin, Suzanne
Degree
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
College
College of Education
Department
Child, Family, and Community Sciences
Degree Program
Curriculum and Instruction
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0002855
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002855
Language
English
Release Date
February 2010
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Cerasale, Mark, "The Effects Of Computer-assisted Repeated Readings On The Reading Performance Of Middle School Students With Mild Intellectual Disabilities" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3836.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/3836