The Effect of Sight Word Instruction on the Reading Fluency of First Grade Students

dc.contributor.authorScilipote, Kristy
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-05T15:31:54Z
dc.date.available2015-11-05T15:31:54Z
dc.date.issued2015-07
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sight word vocabulary on fluency for first grade students. The participants in this study were enrolled in first grade at an elementary school in Baltimore County, Maryland in the 2014-2015 school year. All of the research subjects were divided into small groups. The treatment group received regular whole group instruction, read independent leveled texts 15 minutes per day as well as sight word instruction and repeated readings of texts. While both the control and treatment groups showed some improvement in their independent reading levels, the hypothesis that sight word instruction would improve reading fluency was not supported upon data analysis. Research in this area should continue to determine if increasing sight word instruction will improve oral reading fluency.en_US
dc.format.extent22 p.
dc.genreaction research papers
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M25T3M
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/1681
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relationMaster of Education
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGoucher College, Baltimore, MD
dc.rightsCollection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.
dc.subject.lcshEducation -- Research papers (Graduate)
dc.subject.lcshReading (Elementary) -- Research
dc.subject.lcshWord recognition -- Research
dc.subject.lcshFirst grade (Education) -- Research
dc.titleThe Effect of Sight Word Instruction on the Reading Fluency of First Grade Studentsen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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