Fluency in First Grade Readers
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2009-07
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Masters of Education
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Abstract
The impact of an intervention program involving sight words on fluency in first grade
readers is the focus of the study. Both the experimental and control groups were first
grade students who, according to a pretest were rated equal in ability. The students were
from a private school with both groups receiving the same daily instruction with the
exception of the experimental group receiving the intervention program. The study was
conducted over a three week period. The results of the study showed improvement with
the scores of the experimental group indicating the positive effect of the intervention
program on fluency of first grade readers. Further research could be conducted to explore
the effects of fluency intervention programs on the achievements of first graders.