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Challenging Frustration Level.
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Pehrsson, Robert S. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Argues that informal reading inventories (IRI) and the cloze procedure may provide inaccurate information and inhibit the progress of poor readers. Examines the concept of frustration level in both IRI and cloze testing. Posits that, in attempting to avoid frustrating students, educators fail to provide students with sufficient challenges.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories
Computer-Assisted Assessment of Practice at Reading: A Large Scale Survey Using Accelerated Reader Data.
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Topping, Keith J.; Paul, Terry D. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1999
Explores the relationship between practice at reading, student reading performance, and organizational features using data from a computer-assisted student self-assessment of reading comprehension program (The Accelerated Reader). Finds student reading ability strongly positively related to amount of in-school reading practice; amount of reading…
Descriptors: Action Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Computerized Self-Assessment of Reading Comprehension with the Accelerated Reader: Action Research.
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Vollands, Stacy R.; Topping, Keith J.; Evans, Ryka M. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1999
A quasi-experimental action research evaluated a program for computerized self-assessment of reading comprehension (The Accelerated Reader) in two schools in severely socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Finds the program, even when less than fully implemented, yielded gains in reading achievement superior to gains from regular classroom…
Descriptors: Action Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness