Improving Reading Fluency in Braille Readers Using Repeated Readings Abstract

摘要

A single subject treatment design was used to investigate the effect of a repeated reading intervention on braille reading fluency for children with visual impairments. Three children with visual impairments who utilized braille as their primary reading medium participated in the study. During intervention sessions participants read passages three times. Reading rate and error data were collected. Analysis of the data showed a direct relationship between using repeated readings and increase in braille reading rate and reduction of reading errors for all participants. Moreover, gains in fluency generalized to new text. The findings of this study indicated that using repeated readings has promising results for increasing braille reading fluency. Utilizing repeated readings can aid in fluency development and is easily implemented with little to no training.