Date of Award/Publication
5-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MS in Literacy Education
Department
Education
First Supervisor
Gloria Jacobs
Abstract
Abstract Similar to comprehension and fluency, word identification skills are crucial in a student’s acquisition of literacy skills. This research paper investigates a method used to promote word identification skills in middle school students reading at an emergent level. Existing research suggests that methods used with struggling readers must focus on filling in the gaps that have developed over the course of their emergent years. For the purpose of this study, the methods used for acquiring word identification skills were taken from Bear & Invernizzi’s (2008) Words their Way . These activities were implemented over the course of seven sessions in conjunction with the direct-instruction model. My research demonstrated that struggling readers at the middle school level require the continuation of word identification strategies in order to become better readers.
Recommended Citation
Homer, Sarah E., "What word identification strategies can be used to support a middle school reader who struggles with decoding?" (2010). Education Masters. Paper 34.
https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/education_ETD_masters/34
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