A Study of Readers Theater in Eighth Grade: Issues of Fluency, Comprehension, and Vocabulary

Autor/inn/en	Keehn, Susan; Harmon, Janis; Shoho, Alan
Titel	A Study of Readers Theater in Eighth Grade: Issues of Fluency, Comprehension, and Vocabulary
Quelle	In: Reading & Writing Quarterly, 24 (2008) 4, S.335-362 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1057-3569
Schlagwörter	Theater Arts; Oral Reading; Vocabulary; Theaters; Grade 8; Vocabulary Development; Oral Interpretation; Teaching Methods; Reading Fluency; Reading Comprehension; Student Motivation; Data Analysis; Middle School Students; Reading Instruction; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Theaterwissenschaft; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Wortschatz; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Wortschatzarbeit; Oral language; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Leseverstehen; Schulische Motivation; Auswertung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Leseunterricht
Abstract	This study investigated the impact of Readers Theater on eighth-grade students, the majority of whom were reading below grade level. Over six weeks of a short story unit, one class participated in Readers Theater. The comparison group of like-ability students received more traditional literary and vocabulary instruction. Quantitative measures showed that when compared with students in the comparison class, students in the Reader Theater class made statistically significant growth in reading level, as well as significant gains in fluidity and expressive measures of oral reading. Groups were not significantly different on comprehension measures. However, the Readers Theater class nearly doubled the vocabulary acquisition of the comparison group. Qualitative measures attested to the potential of Readers Theater to motivate struggling adolescent readers and to build their reading confidence. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10