Effects of Kurzweil 3000 as Part of a Reading Program on the Reading Fluency and Comprehension of Four Elementary-aged Students With Adhd
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to ascertain the effectiveness of using the Kurzweil 3000 software as part of a reading program to improve oral reading fluency and comprehension of third and fourth grade students demonstrating attention and reading difficulties.Two third and two fourth grade students participated in using Kurzweil 3000 while reading expository and narrative text.Short duration tests of proficiency in areas of oral reading fluency were used to monitor progress using an A-B accountability design.Generalization measures were assessed including maze passages, comprehension questions, formal observations and a prosody scale as pretest/posttest indicators.In addition, a measure of attention was used to determine each subject's executive function skills.Students involved in the study significantly increased their reading speed and experienced various levels of success in improving their ability to comprehend text.
Author: Cleighton Josiah Weiland
Institution: Miami University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2466826179