Title

Improvements In Interval Time Tracking And Effects On Reading Achievement

Abstract

This study examined the effect of improvements in timing/rhythmicity on students' reading achievement. 86 participants completed pre- and post-test measures of reading achievement (i.e., Woodcock-Johnson III, Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, Test of Word Reading Efficiency, and Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency). Students in the experimental group completed a 4-week intervention designed to improve their timing/rhythmicity by reducing the latency in their response to a synchronized metronome beat, referred to as a synchronized metronome tapping (SMT) intervention. The results from this non-academic intervention indicate the experimental group's post-test scores on select measures of reading were significantly higher than the non-treatment control group's scores at the end of 4 weeks. This paper provides a brief overview of domain-general cognitive abilities believed effected by SMT interventions and provides a preliminary hypothesis to explain how this non-academic intervention can demonstrate a statistically significant effect on students' reading achievement scores. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Publication Date

11-1-2007

Publication Title

Psychology in the Schools

Volume

44

Issue

8

Number of Pages

849-863

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.20270

Socpus ID

35348983328 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/35348983328

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