Scott P. Ardoin, Jessica C. Williams, Cynthia Klubnik, & Michael McCall. (2009).
Three versus six rereadings of practice passages.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
42, 375-380.
Although the literature clearly demonstrates that repeated readings result
in immediate effects on students’ performance on the intervention materials
as well as long-term benefits, data are less promising regarding its
immediate generalization effects to similar materials. Using an alternating
treatments design, the current study evaluated the effects of a multicomponent
repeated reading intervention on generalization passages after students had
read a passage three versus six times. Results indicated improvements in
fluency as a result of both interventions, with slightly greater maintenance
effects when students were given six opportunities to read passages.
DESCRIPTORS: generalization, reading fluency, repeated readings