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Repeated Reading is an easy academic intervention that involves the student reading a short passage several times. Reading the short passages repeatedly provides good practice in a short amount of time.<\/p>\n
Repeated Reading has been demonstrated through numerous studies as effective at enhancing reading fluency for both general education students and students diagnosed with reading disabilities.<\/p>\n
A couple of the benefits of Repeated Reading are that it is free and only requires reading material on hand.<\/p>\n
Procedures for Repeated Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Provide a book or passage (100-200 words in length) to the student.<\/p>\n 2. Have the student read the passage three or four times<\/p>\n Procedures for Repeated Reading with the following performance feedback:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Follow steps 1 and 2 (above).<\/p>\n 2. Follow along with the text as the student reads aloud.<\/p>\n 3. If the student takes longer than 5 seconds or misreads a word, correct the student by reading the word and then have the student repeat the word correctly.<\/p>\n 4. Have the student continue to read as usual following the correction procedure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While this intervention seems too simple to be effective, the research continues to demonstrate that it is, in fact, highly effective.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Adapted from:<\/strong><\/p>\n Chafouleas, S. M., Martens, B. K., Dobson, R. L., Weinstein, K. S., & Gardner, K. B. (2004). Fluent reading as the improvement of stimulus control: Additive effects of performance-based interventions to repeated reading on students\u2019 reading and error rates. Journal of Behavioral Education, 13, 67\u201381.<\/p>\n Daly, E. J. III., Chafouleas, S., & Skinner, C. H. (2004). Interventions for reading problems: Designing and evaluating effective strategies. New York: The Guilford Press.<\/p>\n Dowhower, S. L. (1987). Effects of repeated reading on second-grade transitional readers’ fluency and comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly, 22, 389-406.<\/p>\n Herman, P. A. (1985). The effects of repeated readings on reading rate, speech pauses, and word recognition accuracy. Reading Research Quarterly, 20, 553-565.<\/p>\n Rashotte, C. A. & Torgesen, J. K. (1985). Repeated reading and reading fluency in learning disabled children. Reading Research Quarterly, 20, 180-188.<\/p>\n Rasinski, T. V. (1990). Effects of repeated reading and listening-while-reading on reading fluency. Journal of Educational Research, 83(3), 147-150The Effects of<\/p>\n Elizabeth A. Stevens, E.A., Walker, M.A., & Vaughn, S. (2016). Reading fluency interventions on the reading fluency and reading comprehension performance of elementary students with learning disabilities: A synthesis of the research from 2001 to 2014.Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50(5),<\/i>576-590.<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n