efficacy of readers' theatre with digital voice recording as a means of improving reading skills

The efficacy of readers' theatre with digital voice recording as a means of improving reading skills. (2015). The efficacy of readers' theatre with digital voice recording as a means of improving reading skills.

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Title	efficacy of readers' theatre with digital voice recording as a means of improving reading skills
Abstract	The current study examined the effectiveness of readers' theatre with and without a digital voice recording component on 5th-grade students' oral reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension skills as measured by the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Next 5th-grade oral reading fluency (DORF) probes and Daze probes. Students were identified for participation in the study if they received reading instruction within the general education curriculum in a small, rural school district in western Pennsylvania Participants included 69 fifth graders with 23 students in each of the three groups (readers' theatre plus digital voice recording, readers' theater only, and control). A series of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical analyses were conducted to determine if differences existed between the three groups. The results of the analyses indicated that statistically significant differences did not exist between groups for post-treatment reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension skills when adjusting for pre-treatment reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension skills. Additionally, results indicated there were not statistically significant interactions between treatment group and pre-reading skill level ("below proficiency" or "at and above proficiency") for gain scores (i.e., pre- to posttest score differences) in reading accuracy, fluency, or comprehension. Overall, the use of readers' theatre with 5th-grade students (regardless of initial reading skill level) was not an effective means of improving students' reading accuracy, fluency, or comprehension skills compared to the control group. A focus group interview was conducted following the implementation of the study in which five randomly selected students from the readers' theatre plus digital voice recording group were asked a series of three questions to obtain their perceptions of engagement in the treatment group. Both positive themes (motivational factor of group work and general improvements to oral reading skills) and challenges (technology issues and teacher supervision concerns) emerged from the student responses.
Date	2015

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Title: efficacy of readers' theatre with digital voice recording as a means of improving reading skills
Personal Name(s): Ferraro, Meghan
Black, Lynanne
Corporate Name(s): Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Educational and School Psychology.
Note: Publisher info.: Dissertation/Thesis.
Advisors: Black, Lynanne Committee members: Becky Knickelbein; Joseph Kovaleski; Mark Staszkiewicz.
Topical Subject(s): Literacy
Reading instruction