Identifier	Thesis 1768
Author	Melycher, Deborah B., 1958-
Title	Rhythm in reading : building fluency in struggling readers using music / Deborah B. Melycher
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication	2004
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to develop and implement teaching methods to build fluency in struggling readers and to generate hypotheses regarding the impact that music has in helping to build fluent oral reading. Methods using music to promote fluency were developed, refined and implemented every other week for a three-month span of time in one second grade classroom in a suburban New England elementary school. Multiple data sources were collected including field notes on lessons, pre and post fluency assessments, audiotaped recordings, student self-assessments, and parent evaluations. Data sources were analyzed for low, average and medium performing students within the case study class. Additionally, pre and post assessment scores on word recognition reading connected texts using the Developmental Reading Assessment (Joetta Beaver) were compared by performance levels across six second grade classrooms at the school. The results of the study include data to support the following hypotheses: 1) Music may impact the rapid automatic naming found in struggling readers and help to make them more fluent readers 2) Music may have some impact on building fluency by improving intonation, sight word recognition and phrasing 3) Music used during reading instruction appears to improve reading differentially across performance levels. 4) A balance of methods would best benefit all students and their varying abilities and reading levels. Effective methods included: chorally rereading of music, choral reading with kinesthetic components, word play and word substitution, collaborative building of additional verses. Struggling readers appear to benefit from simple melodies, choral reading using movement, and word play. This study has implications for further study to refine our understanding of music as a tool to support the development of reading fluency of children at various performance levels.
Subject	Reading (Elementary) -- Remedial teaching Music in education
Department	Department of Reading and Language Arts
Advisor	Kurkjian, Catherine Marie
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	57685607
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