3R’S (Read-Record-Review) for Oral Reading Fluency
Marvin John Ostan
Discipline: Education
Abstract:
Oral reading fluency skill is considered to be the bridge to reading comprehension. The ability to read
text aloud with speed, accuracy, and prosody is defined as fluent reading. In this study, the oral
reading fluency scores and level of the struggling readers in grade 7 were assessed specifically in
terms of accuracy, automaticity, and prosody. A pre-test - post-test design was used to determine the
effectiveness of the program. Program 3Rs showed improvement in the accuracy scores of the
struggling readers and also in the oral reading fluency level progressing from frustration to
instructional level. Similarly, the program 3R’s significantly increased the automaticity scores of
struggling readers. On the other hand, program 3R's effectively increased the struggling readers'
prosody scores and improved the readers' oral reading fluency level. Generally, program 3R’s was an
effective intervention to improve the oral reading fluency of learners as reflected in the different
tables.
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