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ERIC #:	ED537355
Title:	Improving the Reading Performance of Fifth-Grade Students through an Afterschool Reading Program
Authors:	Joseph, Rosnel L.
Descriptors:	Program Effectiveness; Reading Programs; American Indians; Observation; Reading Comprehension; Grade 5; Independent Reading; Reading Instruction; English Language Learners; Reading Improvement; Reading Fluency; After School Programs; Comparative Analysis; Spelling; Reading Strategies; Vocabulary Development; Coaching (Performance); Reading; Intervention; Pretests Posttests; Reading Skills; Reading Difficulties
Source:	ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University
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Publisher:	ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. Tel: 800-521-0600; Web site: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml
Publication Date:	2012-00-00
Pages:	186
Pub Types:	Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Abstract:	This applied dissertation was designed to evaluate improving the reading performance of fifth-grade students through an afterschool reading program to determine whether it was effective in teaching Native American and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). This study compared the reading performance of fifth-grade students who struggle with reading, with those who attend an afterschool reading program, and students in both conditions were taught to apply the strategies to reading comprehension, spelling, coached reading, and vocabulary, and then practiced the strategies to independent reading performance. Reading intervention was introduced to improve students who had difficulties with learning expository reading performance. The students' scores on the Florida Instruction in Reading (FAIR) were used as pre-assessment data and included the instructional sequences and practices with struggling readers as well as the data collected through classroom observation. It focused on improving the fluency and the reading comprehension of these students and FAIR was used as a post-test assessment. It addressed the problem of poor reading skills of students at Southeastern Elementary School (SES). Statewide tests had shown that fifth grade students at SES were reading on a third-grade level, and these students were reading below two grade level gaps as evidenced by test scores on the FCAT. The purpose of this study was to describe and investigate the long-term impact of the program on the student, as measured by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores, in reading performance as well as report scores, in elementary schools in Florida. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Identifiers:	Florida; Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
Record Type:	Non-Journal
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ISBN:	ISBN-978-1-2671-7116-0
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Elementary Education; Grade 5
Direct Link:	http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3497018

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