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Mellard, Daryl F.; Anthony, Jason L.; Woods, Kari L. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012
This study extends the literature on the component skills involved in oral reading fluency. Dominance analysis was applied to assess the relative importance of seven reading-related component skills in the prediction of the oral reading fluency of 272 adult literacy learners. The best predictors of oral reading fluency when text difficulty was…
Descriptors: Investigations, Reading Fluency, Reading, Short Term Memory
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Dahlin, Karin I. E. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study examines the relationship between working memory and reading achievement in 57 Swedish primary-school children with special needs. First, it was examined whether children's working memory could be enhanced by a cognitive training program, and how the training outcomes would relate to their reading development. Next, it was explored how…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Short Term Memory, Special Needs Students
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Karemaker, Arjette M.; Pitchford, Nicola J.; O'Malley, Claire – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2010
This study examined the extent to which multimedia features of typical literacy learning software provide added benefits for developing literacy skills compared with typical whole-class teaching methods. The effectiveness of the multimedia software Oxford Reading Tree (ORT) for Clicker in supporting early literacy acquisition was investigated…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Multimedia Materials, Sight Method, Reading Instruction