The Effects of Using Reading Racetracks for Teaching of Sight Words to Three Third-Grade Students with Learning Disorders

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of reading racetracks with three 8-year-old students with learning disabilities. All three children were performing well below grade level in reading. A single subject reversal design was used to evaluate the effects of employing reading rac...

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Published inEducational research quarterly Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 50 - 67
Main Authors McGrath, Gregory L, McLaughlin, T. F, Derby, K. Mark, Bucknell, Wendy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West Monroe Behavioral Research Press 01.03.2012
Educational Research Quarterly
Subjects
Direct Instruction
Elementary education
Elementary School Students
Grade 3
Individualized Education Programs
Individualized Instruction
Instructional Effectiveness
Learning Disabilities
Racetracks
Reading
Reading Instruction
Reading Programs
Reading Skills
Sight Vocabulary
Special education
Students
Suburban Schools
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery
Word Lists
United States > US
Chicago Illinois
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Summary:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of reading racetracks with three 8-year-old students with learning disabilities. All three children were performing well below grade level in reading. A single subject reversal design was used to evaluate the effects of employing reading racetracks. Corrects responses and errors were recorded using high frequency "No Excuse" word lists used in the school district. All three students showed an increase in sight words learned when the reading racetracks were used. This was replicated each time the reading racetrack procedure was implemented. The applicability of using reading racetracks in the classroom is discussed. (Contains 2 figures.)
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ISSN:0196-5042