James S. Kim|Thomas G. White
Scaffolding Voluntary Summer Reading for Children in Grades 3 to 5: An Experimental Study
Institute for Advanced Study
effects voluntary summer reading intervention teacher parent scaffolding investigated experimental studya total 24 teachers 400 children grades 3 4 5 randomly assigned one four experimental conditions 1 control 2 books 3 books oral reading scaffolding 4 books oral reading comprehension scaffoldingbooks matched childrens reading levels interestschildren preand posttested measures oral reading fluency dibels silent reading ability itbsresults showed children books oral reading comprehension scaffolding condition scored significantly higher itbs posttest children control conditionin addition children two scaffolding conditions combined scored higher itbs posttest children control books conditionspractical implications summer voluntary reading interventions discussed