Intensive training of reading fluency for students with reading difficulties - A study of decoding training and morphological awareness training in small group in grade 3. This stydy examines the effects on reading flow of decoding training and decoding training in combination with morphological awareness instruction. The study included a small group of students with reading and writing difficulties in grade three. Based on reading comprehension tests, two interventiongroups were identifies with three students in each class and two corresponding controlgroups. The students received intensive training for six weeks. The students were also interviewed to find out their attitude to reading at school and at home. Three different pre and posttests have been carried out to measure any change in student reading flow. The results show that there are benefits in terms of reading flow resulting from the short intensive training for this group of students. The interventionstudents gained insight into the importance of reading as well as a more positive attitude towards their own reading ability after the intervention.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-156236 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Emanuelsson, Gunilla |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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