Frequency-based training in the acquisition and retention of reading skills in students with emotional and behavioral disorders

<p>The behavioral and educational literature illustrate the effectiveness of frequency-based training, a procedure derived from Precision Teaching, in improving the reading skills of students with learning and developmental disabilities. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of frequency-based training versus accuracy training in the acquisition and retention of Dolch words (sight word vocabulary) in students with emotional/ behavioral disorders. The study accounted for practice effects by yoking the number of timings run in the frequency building condition with the accuracy-only condition by staggering the introduction of each condition. Results indicate that frequency-based training was a more effective and time-efficient approach in teaching reading skills to students with emotional/behavioral disorders.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2007

Author dc:creator

• Granadosin, Adrienne Felice D.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Roseann Hannon

• Learning
• Psychology of
• Reading
• Behavior disorders in children
• Emotional problems of children
• Learning disabled children Education
• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/655

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1654