The Effects Of Reading Racetrack And Copy, Cover,

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Running Head: READING RACETRACK AND COPY, COVER, COMPARE The Effects of Reading Racetrack and Copy, Cover, Compare on Recognition of 2nd-Grade Sight Words with a 4th-Grade Student with Learning Disabilities Abstract The purpose of this intervention was to determine if a 4th-grade student with learning disabilities could increase his 2nd-grade sight word recognition with the aid of both Reading Racetrack and Copy, Cover, Compare strategies. During each session the student read through flashcards that had the 2nd-grade sight words on them and he had 1-2 seconds to correctly read each word aloud. The student completed several weeks of intervention with an average 12.83 more (over baseline) correctly recognized sight words with the Copy, Cover, Compare strategy, and an average of 21.12 more (over baseline) correctly recognized sight words with the Reading Racetrack strategy. The student began the intervention recognizing only 61 out of 112 sight words. At the end of the study the student recognized 108 out of 112 sight words consistently. The interventions were effective in increasing the student’s 2nd-grade sight words. The procedure required little training to implement and was cost effective. The Effects of Reading Racetrack and Copy, Cover, Compare on Recognition of 2nd-Grade Sight Words with a 4th-Grade Student with Learning Disabilities Learning disabilities have become quite a common problem in schools today. According to the Center of Learning Disabilities (2004), a learning disability (LD) is a neurological disorder that affects the brain’s ability to receive process, store and respond to information. The term learning disability is used to describe the seeming unexplained difficulty a person of at least average intelligence has in acquiring basic academic skills. These skills are essential for success at school and work, and for coping

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