Effectiveness of an extracurricular program for struggling readers: A comparative study with parent tutors and volunteer tutors
- Villiger, Caroline University of Teacher Training Bern,
- Hauri, Silke niversity of Teacher Training Freiburg
- Tettenborn, Annette University of Teacher Training Lucerne
- Hartmann, Erich University of Freiburg/CH
- Näpflin, Catherine University of Teacher Training Lucerne
- Hugener, Isabelle University of Teacher Training Lucerne
- Niggli, Alois University of Teacher Training Freiburg
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2019
Published in:
- Learning and Instruction. - 2019, vol. 60, p. 54-65
English
This study reviews the effectiveness of an extracurricular paired reading program to enhance the reading of struggling readers. For the first time, two program conditions are compared within one study: parent tutors and volunteer tutors. The program was implemented within a randomized controlled field trial; its effects on reading fluency and reading ability were investigated on a sample of 198 Swiss third graders with reading difficulties. The findings revealed that volunteers outperformed parents: Children who trained with volunteers developed significantly better reading fluency after 20 weeks (d = .21). However, the main effects on reading fluency did not last at follow-up and no effects on general reading ability were found. Children with higher reading fluency at the pretest benefitted significantly more than very poor readers (post-test: d = .47; 5 month FU: d = .39). The study highlights the benefit of volunteer tutoring and the necessity of ongoing, adaptive support for very poor readers.
- Faculty
- Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines
- Department
- Département de Pédagogie spécialisée
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Special education
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 326861
- DOI 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2018.11.004
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/307959
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