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"Do I have to leave?" Beyond linear text: Struggling readers' motivation with an innovative musical program.
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
  • Susan V. Bennett
  • Cynthia Calderone
  • Robert F. Dedrick
  • AnnMarie Alberton Gunn
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AnnMarie Alberton Gunn

Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Disciplines
Abstract

In this mixed method research, we examined the effects of reading and singing software program (RSSP) as a reading intervention on struggling readers' reading achievement as measured by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, the high stakes state test administered in the state of Florida, at one elementary school. Our team defined struggling readers as students who performed below grade level on the FCAT in the previous year. We investigated student engagement with the program and teacher support and guidance through quantitative and qualitative methods. From our observations, we synthesized and describe our findings below into two over categories: program implementation and student motivation and engagement.

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Abstract only. Full-text article is available through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Reading Improvement, 52(2), 51-60. Members of the USF System may access the full-text of the article through the authenticated link.

Language
en_US
Publisher
Project Innovation, Inc.
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
Citation Information
Bennett, S.V., Calderone, C., Dedrick, R.F. & Gunn, A.A. (2015). "Do I have to leave?": Beyond linear text: Struggling readers' motivation with an innovative musical program. Reading Improvement, 52(2), 51-60.