Repeated listening improves oral reading fluency in second-grade students, with Listening Only outgaining Reading While Listening and Reading Only¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r1–r2 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a seven-week study of 75 second-grade students randomly assigned to Reading While Listening, Listening Only, and Reading Only conditions, the Listening Only group achieved the largest oral reading fluency gain (24 words per minute), ahead of Reading Only (19) and Reading While Listening (18). → Salarvand 2022 q2 i? In the same study, Reading Only produced the largest reading comprehension gain (6.5%), Listening Only gained 4%, and Reading While Listening showed an average loss of 1%. → Salarvand 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Salarvand 2022¶

Salarvand, L., Guimaraes, N., & Balagholi, Z. (2022). Instructional Strategies' Impacts on EFL Learners Reading Fluency: A Review. THAITESOL JOURNAL, 35(1), 77-90. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1340892

q2 · i? · review · r1

Experimental study by Jablonski (2019) with 75 second-grade students randomly assigned to RWL, LO and RO conditions over seven weeks, one story per week, tested with BIBELS pretest and posttest. The review reports the LO group's "average improvement of 24 words per minute" versus 19 for RO and 18 for RWL.

"The LO group got higher scores in oral reading fluency with an average improvement of 24 words per minute. The second higher scores were gained by RO with an average improvement of 19 words per minute."

Salarvand 2022 (2)¶

Salarvand, L., Guimaraes, N., & Balagholi, Z. (2022). Instructional Strategies' Impacts on EFL Learners Reading Fluency: A Review. THAITESOL JOURNAL, 35(1), 77-90. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1340892

q2 · i? · review · r2

Same Jablonski (2019) experiment, EasyCBM comprehension posttest. The review reports RO's "average gain of 6.5%", LO's 4% gain, and an average 1% comprehension loss for RWL, attributing RO's advantage to reading at one's own speed and rereading.

"In terms of reading comprehension, RO had the highest scores with an average gain of 6.5%, which showed a higher number of correct answers on EasyCBM assessment."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading Fluency — outcome: instruction changes it

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