Decoding/Fluency tutoring program: 20-week adaptive one-on-one intervention with six scripted lesson components¶

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Description¶

A one-on-one decoding and fluency treatment delivered over 20 weeks using 10 books ordered by reading difficulty, with placement and lesson repetition/skipping adaptive to student performance. "Each Decoding/Fluency lesson consisted of six scripted components: (1) Sight Words, (2) Sounds, (3) Decodable Words, (4) Spelling, (5) Text Reading and Fluency, and (6) Sight Word Challenge." A Decoding/Fluency Placement Test of 125 items in five bands determined students' starting book. Year 2 added a seventh component, Sentence Read.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Tutors deliver scripted components; a Decoding/Fluency Placement Test determines initial book placement

Constraints¶

The study excluded the comprehension-training group and no-treatment control group, so the program was studied combined with classroom instruction, not as a standalone comparison

Target Learners¶

first-grade students at risk for reading difficulties

Learning Goals¶

decoding
word reading
fluency

Claims¶

Multicomponent middle school reading intervention: modified phonics program with ESL practices, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension strategy instruction on a 2-day decoding/encoding cycle

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Miller Amanda C., Fuchs Douglas, Fuchs Lynn S., Compton Donald L., Kearns Devin, Zhang Wenjuan, Yen Loulee, Patton Samuel, Kirchner Danielle. (2014). Behavioral Attention: A Longitudinal Study of Whether and How It Influences the Development of Word Reading and Reading Comprehension among At-Risk Readers. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 7(3), 232-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/19345747.2014.906691

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`title`	`Decoding/Fluency tutoring program: 20-week adaptive one-on-one intervention with six scripted lesson components`
`description`	`A one-on-one decoding and fluency treatment delivered over 20 weeks using 10 books ordered by reading difficulty, with placement and lesson repetition/skipping adaptive to student performance.`
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