Upprepad läsning kontra kontinuerlig läsning : En interventionsstudie om läsmetoder för ökat läsflyt

Sammanfattning: This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of two targeted, intensive reading interventions; repeatedreading and continuous reading; and their possible effect on reading speed and accuracy. The participantswere a group of 12 students identified with low reading speed at the beginning of grade 2. The interventionwas carried out individually during 12 sessions in 1,5 weeks. Reading speed and accuracy were measured inpre- and posttest. The number of words read in each condition were controlled, making sure that studentsindividual reading speed would not influence the number of words read in each intervention condition.The students in experiment group 1, repeated reading, read the same text at four sessions before changingtext. The students in experiment group 2, continuous reading, read different texts at each session. In theintervention's reading sessions, texts adapted to the pupils' reading level were used.Under these conditions, it was found that there were no significant differences between the two conditionsregarding change in reading speed and accuracy from pre- to posttest. However, a moderate effect-size wasidentified regarding reading speed favouring repeated reading.Our conclusion is that the question of which method is most effective cannot be answered with this study.