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| Personal Name | Cidro, Mark Gleen Ocasla |
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| Resource Title | Developing fluency, metafluency, and comprehension of grade four pupils using modified fluency development lessons |
| Date Issued | January 2020 |
| Abstract | Studies showed that many fourth graders experienced difficulties in reading due to problems that are foundational in nature. These are underdeveloped word recognition skills, low vocabulary, unexpressive reading, and inadequate comprehension strategies. Thus, an intensive, flexible and foundational reading instruction that addresses these problems is necessary to help them cope with the challenges inherent to this particular grade level. As a response, this study investigated the effects of a 30-session intervention using Modified Fluency Development Lessons originally by Rasinski, Padak, Linek, and Sturtevant (1994) on 36 dysfluent fourth graders fluency, metafluency, and comprehension purposively selected based on a set of criteria. Through the mixed methods design, quantitative and qualitative data were gathered. For the quantitative part, a within-group quasi-experimental design using one-group pretest-posttest design was used. On the other hand, the qualitative part described specific effects of metafluency instruction on the participants metafluency, fluency and comprehension before and after the intervention through case study. The data from observation notes, comprehension outputs, audio recordings, and interview were analyzed to provide more specific information that support the results of statistical tests. Quantitative results showed that the participants accuracy, automaticity, prosody, overall fluency, comprehension, and metafluency performances significantly improved as shown by the t-test results. The qualitative data showed that their oral reading performances and outputs in the post-reading comprehension activities progressed and that they already manifested the awareness of what fluency is and that they started using fix-up strategies when encountering problems in reading orally. With the results of the study in mind, this research concluded that exposing Grade Four students to evidence-based literacy instruction such as the Modified Fluency Develo |
| Degree Course | Master of Arts in Education - Reading Education |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | oral reading fluency, metafluency, reading comprehension, modified fluency development lessons (MFDL) |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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