scholarly journals Effects of Contextualized and Decontextualized Practice Conditions on Word Recognition

1978 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa S. Fleisher ◽  
Joseph R. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Word Recognition ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Remedial Reading ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Reading Teachers ◽  
Isolated Word ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Reading Measures ◽  
Selection Of

Two commonly used teaching strategies in reading are reading in context alone (contextualized practice) and reading in context supplemented with isolated word practice (decontextualized practice). This study by Fleisher and Jenkins was designed to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of the two strategies with a population of learning disabled boys. Results indicated that decontextualized practice produced significantly greater isolated word recognition, and that performance following contextualized practice exceeded that of a no instruction control. However, the instructional treatments did not differentially affect oral reading in context as measured by rate or accuracy. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the selection of reading objectives and reading measures by remedial reading teachers.

Effects of Error Correction on Word Recognition and Reading Comprehension

1983 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Jenkins ◽  
Kathy Larson ◽  
Lisa Fleisher
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Word Recognition ◽  
Error Correction ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Instructional Practice ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Poor Readers ◽  
Reading Process ◽  
Reading Errors ◽  
Within Subjects

Two procedures for correcting oral reading errors, Word Supply and Word Drill, were examined to determine their effects on measures of word recognition and comprehension. The two corrections were applied to 17 learning disabled, poor readers in a within-subjects design. Results indicated that the Drill correction significantly enhanced word recognition and comprehension of sentences which contained original error words. The findings are discussed in terms of “bottom-up” analyses of the reading process and their implications for instructional practice.

The Effect of Word- and Comprehension-Emphasis Instruction on Reading Performance

1983 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa S. Fleisher ◽  
Joseph R. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Word Recognition ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Third ◽  
Reading Errors ◽  
Instructional Procedures ◽  
Isolated Word

Three instructional procedures were compared to assess their effects on reading comprehension and word recognition. One approach emphasized comprehension, i.e., students were regularly questioned about the reading content and were not corrected when they made oral reading errors. A second approach consisted of word emphasis, whereby subjects were corrected for all reading errors and received error-word drills each day. They were not questioned about the content of their reading selection. The third approach combined aspects of the other two, including error-word corrections and drill along with comprehension questions. No differences were found among treatment effects on comprehension and oral reading; however, on an isolated word-recognition measure the approaches which included error-word drill produced higher scores.

Self-Recording during Group Instruction: Effects on Attention to Task

1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Hallahan ◽  
Kathleen J. Marshall ◽  
John Wills Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Small Group Instruction ◽  
Group Instruction ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Task Behavior ◽  
On Task Behavior ◽  
Procedural Components ◽  
Attention To Task

The effects of self-monitoring on attention to task during small-group instruction were investigated. Three learning disabled (LD) boys with severe attentional problems were taught to self-monitor their on-task behavior while participating in oral reading tasks. A reversal design demonstrated marked increases in attention to task for all three students. The higher levels of on-task behavior were maintained during two subsequent phases in which external components of the self-monitoring procedure were withdrawn. The results indicate that self-monitoring procedures can be effectively employed during oral, small-group instruction, and that positive behavioral changes can be maintained over a period of time following the gradual fading of external, procedural components.

Comparison of Procedures for Promoting Reading Proficiency of Two Children with Behavioral and Learning Disorders

1980 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Gable ◽  
Richard E. Shores
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Reading Proficiency ◽  
Learning Disorders ◽  
Learning Behavior ◽  
Reinforcement Schedules ◽  
Teacher Modeling ◽  
Teacher Praise ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Behavior Disordered

This study investigated the effects of two discrete teaching strategies for developing proficiency in oral reading. The use of teacher praise contingent upon pupil correct responses was compared with teacher modeling of words erred. The results clearly indicate that, for two learning/behavior disordered youngsters approaching a proficiency level in oral reading, manipulation of reinforcement schedules was demonstrated to be the more effective approach.

A Hierarchy of “Confusable” High-Frequency Words in Isolation and Context

1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica K. Krieger
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Sight Words ◽  
Spearman Rank Correlation ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Isolated Word ◽  
Disabled Readers ◽  
Target Words ◽  
High Frequency Words

This study assessed the degree to which disabled readers commonly and identically confuse high-frequency sight words in isolation and context. Disabled readers from a university reading clinic and from fourth-grade classrooms were tested for their ability to recognize 22 target words in word lists and in a story. Series of analyses of variance indicated that both groups recognized more words in context than in isolation, and that the clinic and natural school groups did not differ in the number of errors produced in isolation or in context. A Spearman rank-correlation coefficient yielded a very low, statistically significant correlation between the number of errors in isolation and context for the 22 target words. Hierarchical arrangements of words confused in both conditions and words frequently confused in isolation, but rarely in context, are presented. Inspection of these errors suggests that readers relied on visual characteristics of words for isolated word recognition, whereas errors on these words in context were generally regulated by semantic and syntactic constraints of the story. Findings are discussed in terms of diagnosis and instruction through the use of context materials. Suggestions are given for futher research with learning disabled students in natural school settings to identify specific reversal problems with high-frequency words.

Relative Effects of Two Previewing Procedures on LD Adolescents' Oral Reading Performance

1984 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry L. Rose ◽  
Lee Sherry
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Alternating Treatments Design ◽  
Assigned Reading ◽  
Instructional Procedures ◽  
Student Reading ◽  
School Learning

An alternating-treatments design was used to investigate the relative effects of two oral reading previewing procedures: (a) silent: the student reads silently the assigned reading passage prior to reading it aloud, and (b) listening: the teacher reads the assigned selection aloud with the student following along silently prior to the student reading the passage aloud. Five junior-high school learning disabled students, four boys and one girl, participated in the study. In four of five cases results showed that systematic prepractice procedures were related to higher performance levels than was baseline (no prepractice). Differential effects were noted: the listening procedure was related to higher rates of words read correctly than was the silent procedure. The findings are discussed in terms of their implications for research and instructional procedures, especially as these relate to adolescent learners.

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