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Impact of rapid reading skills training on reading rate and reading achievement among primary school students in China
Authors:Tao Gao  Xiaoming Li  Yuchen Mao  Qiong Chen  Sayward E Harrison
Institution:1. Counselling and Psychological Services, Guangdong Industry Polytechnic, Guangzhou, China;2. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA;3. Institute of Behavior and Psychology, Department of Psychology, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
Abstract:Abstract

The current study examined the effects of a silent rapid reading skills training intervention on the reading rate and reading achievement of primary school students in China in order to determine the efficacy of the intervention and explore potential gender differences. A total of 108 Chinese primary school students were randomly assigned by the classroom to either an experimental (n = 54) or control (n = 54) condition. Students in the experimental group completed 12 sessions of rapid reading skills training designed to increase their ability to rapidly read Chinese text in silence. Students in the control group engaged in regular Chinese language curriculum for the same time period. After the three-week intervention period, students in the experimental group displayed significantly greater silent reading speed of Chinese characters (M?=?1331.26 characters per minute) compared to students in the control group (M?=?617.48 characters per minute; p?<?.001). Children in the intervention group also displayed a significantly greater effective reading rate (F = 87.11, p?<?.001, partial η2?=?0.46) at post-test compared to the control. Male students displayed greater increases in reading speed than female students. Neither intervention effect nor gender difference was evident for reading comprehension. Implications for educational interventions designed to increase silent reading speed among Chinese students are discussed.
Keywords:Rapid reading skills training  reading speed  effective reading rate  reading intervention  China
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