Training reading fluency in dysfluent readers with high reading accuracy: Word specific effects but low transfer to untrained words |
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| Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Verena?ThalerEmail author Eva?Maria?Ebner Heinz?Wimmer Karin?Landerl |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria |
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| Abstract: | The outcome of a training study attempting to increase German speaking poor readers’ reading fluency is reported. The aim
of the training was to help children establish orthographic representations for a limited set of training words as well as
for high-frequency onset clusters. A sample of 20 dysfluent readers (8 to 11 years) received a computerized training of repeated
reading of a limited set of 32 training words over a period of up to 25 days. Each day, training words were presented up to
six times with a special emphasis on the onset segment. Post-tests were carried out one and five weeks after the last training
day. A considerable decrease in reading times could be achieved for the trained words that remained stable for both post-tests.
However, even for the limited set of training words, a remarkable amount of repetitions did not lead to age adequate word
recognition speed. Generalization to untrained words starting with a trained onset cluster (transfer words) was statistically
reliable but small.
The current study was funded by the Jubilee Fund of the Austrian National Bank (grant no. 8501). Karin Landerl is currently
supported by an APART-grant of the Austrian Academy of Science. |
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