Improving Reading Comprehension Through the Use of Interactive Internet Websites : Improving Reading Comprehension Through the Use of Interactive Internet Websites Presented by: Gerri Fletcher
EDD630/631
Dr. Maxine Fisher, Professor
: PROBLEM
Thirteen third grade students
in a general education classroom
are struggling with reading comprehension on a 3rd grade level.
Slide 3 : Will the use of interactive reading websites designed to help improve reading comprehension in below level emergent readers improve students’ reading comprehension? RESEARCH QUESTION #1
Slide 4 : Which interactive website worked best at helping to improve students’ reading comprehension? RESEARCH QUESTION #2
“Reading comprehension is composed of two equally important components. Decoding, or the ability to translate text into speech, is only part of the process of reading comprehension. The other part is language comprehension, or the ability to understand spoken language. All struggling readers have difficulty with either language comprehension or decoding or both.” (2008) http://www.sedl.com : “Reading comprehension is composed of two equally important components. Decoding, or the ability to translate text into speech, is only part of the process of reading comprehension. The other part is language comprehension, or the ability to understand spoken language. All struggling readers have difficulty with either language comprehension or decoding or both.” (2008) http://www.sedl.com SIGNIFICANT
QUOTE #1
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Slide 10 : Malloy & Gambrell (2006) remind us, “As educators, we need to commit to preparing students for their technological journey to the future.” SIGNIFICANT
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Slide 11 : “Ms. Fletcher, I love this game!” “It helps me with my fluency and teaches me to read more carefully.” This little girl was ecstatic about the activities on Starfall.com.
Although the children used both Childtopia.com and Starfall.com, Starfall.com was the favored site because “it was more fun.” : Although the children used both Childtopia.com and Starfall.com, Starfall.com was the favored site because “it was more fun.”
2. Malloy, J.A. & Gambrell, L.B. (2006). Approaching the unavoidable: Literacy instruction and the Internet. International Reading Association, pp. 482–484 : 2. Malloy, J.A. & Gambrell, L.B. (2006). Approaching the unavoidable: Literacy instruction and the Internet. International Reading Association, pp. 482–484 1. http://www.sedl.org/reading/framework/overview.html REFERENCES