An Experiment to Determine the Effectiveness of a Remedial Reading Program with Students at Utah State University

An E>pe ri ment to Dete ~m1 ne the Effect1veness of a Remedial Reading P rog~am with Students at Utah State University by Judith J. Ivarie , Master of Science Utah State University Major Professor: Sara Lyon James Department: Special Education v l 1 The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of 20 hours of remedial •eading instruct1on as compared with 20 hours of vocabulary inst 1uction on a select group ot university freshmen in the Remedial English Program . Three measures of effectiveness used were comprehension, rate, and effect1ve reading rate . The effective reading rate was determined by computing the arithmetic product of l evel of comp rehension and rate of reading . The results indicated that for this particular populat1on, using the materials and instructional techniques desc r ibed, neithe r group increased significantly in level of comp rehension . The reading group increased reading rate at the . 01 leve l of significance . The effective reading rate of the reading group increased si gn i ficantly at the .05 level . (76 pages) CHAPTER