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Article: Repeated readings combined with word boxes phonics technique increases fluency levels of high school students with severe reading delays.
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- Preventing School Failure
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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ABSTRACT: The purpose of this article is to present the use of repeated readings with word boxes instruction with a sample of high school students who were classified with severe read ing delays. Repeated readings and word boxes are designed to help children increase fluency and acquire word identification skills, respectively. These approaches were also found to be helpful in improving reading levels of 3 high school students who were severely delayed readers.
Key Words: adolescent severely delayed readers, fluency, repeated readings, phonic analysis, word boxes
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