Programming for the generalization of oral reading fluency: Repeated readings of entire text versus multiple exemplars

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-46

  Silber, Jennifer M ^a   Martens, Brian K ^b  

^a Evergreen Center   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalization; Learning rate; Multiple exemplar instruction; Oral reading fluency; Repeated readings

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649120202     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-010-9099-0     Document Type: Article

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