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Durukan, Erhan – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
The aim of this research is to study the impact of speed reading training on reading speeds and comprehension skills of secondary school students. The research has been conducted on 40 students receiving education at the level of secondary school 8th grade in Trabzon province. Experimental pattern with single group pretest-posttest was applied in…
Descriptors: Speed Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Rate, Reading Comprehension
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Cardoso, Walcir; Waddington, David; Sénécal, Anne-Marie; Kiforo, Enos; Anyango, Linah; Karanja, Dickson K. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2021
This study examined the effects of Spaceteam ESL, a digital shouting game, on the development of oral reading fluency (ORF) among 71 English as a second language (ESL) students in three primary and secondary schools in Mombasa, Kenya. Following a mixed-methods approach for data collection and analysis, we pre-tested and post-tested the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Educational Games
Bianca J. Aceti – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Through ESSA (2015) and IDEIA (2004), all students must participate in statewide assessments and students with disabilities are entitled to receive reasonable adaptations and accommodations in order to ensure that the assessments accurately measure their achievement within the designated academic areas. Research indicates that the provision of an…
Descriptors: Reading Rate, Speed Reading, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cardoso, Walcir; Waddington, David; Kiforo, Enos; Sénécal, Anne-Marie – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This study examined whether the pedagogical use of Spaceteam ESL (English as a Second Language), a digital "shouting" game, could contribute to the development of Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) among 71 English students in secondary schools in Mombasa, Kenya. Following a mixed-methods approach for data collection and analysis, we pre- and…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction, Second Language Instruction
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Abdelrahman, Mahmoud Sulaiman Hamad Bani; Bsharah, Muwafaq Saleem – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study aimed to find the effect of speed reading strategies on developing reading comprehension among second secondary literary stream students in English language. The sample of the study consists of (42) students assigned into two groups who were chosen randomly from schools, a controlled group (21) students, and an experimental (21)…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Rate, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Liu, Kimy; Carling, Kristy; Geller, Leanne Ketterlin; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2008
In this study, we describe the development of rapid reading measures, sentences presented to students in a nearly subliminal manner, with a literal comprehension question asked following their removal. After administering alternate forms of these measures to students, we present the results from three statistical analyses to ascertain their…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Speed Reading, Reading Rate, Sentences