At-risk first graders required an average of 5.65 exposures to master a high-frequency sight word in a daily timed reading activity¶
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q3 i? On average, students required 5.65 exposures for mastery of the average word, with variance at both the person and word level. → Steacy LM 2020
Evidence¶
Steacy LM 2020¶
Steacy LM, Fuchs D, Gilbert JK, Kearns DM, Elleman AM, Edwards AA. (2020). Sight Word Acquisition in First Grade Students At-Risk for Reading Disabilities: An Item-Level Exploration of the Number of Exposures Required for Mastery. Annals of Dyslexia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-020-00198-7
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Crossed-random effects (explanatory item response) analysis of 93 children and 145 words from a yearlong multicomponent decoding intervention. The unconditional model printed an intercept of 5.65 and variance at both levels (person 1.604, word 3.891), showing "the average student required 5.65 exposures for mastery on the average word."
"The unconditional model had an intercept of 5.65, indicating that the average student required 5.65 exposures for mastery on the average word."
Discussion¶
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Related Claims¶
- Word length, vocabulary grade, and imageability significantly predicted the number of exposures required for sight word mastery — related
- Initial word reading skill was the only significant child-level predictor of exposures required for mastery — related
- Child cognitive skills other than initial word reading (phonemic decoding, working memory, phonological awareness, rapid letter naming) did not significantly predict exposures to mastery — related
- Initial word reading skill interacted with imageability: the poorest readers needed nearly 4 more exposures for low-imageability words than stronger readers — related
- Initial word reading skill interacted with vocabulary grade: the poorest readers required more than twice as many exposures for later-introduced words — related
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At-risk first graders required an average of 5.65 exposures to master a high-frequency sight word in a daily timed reading activity |
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At-risk first graders required an average of 5.65 exposures to master a high-frequency sight word in a daily timed reading activity |
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