I'm just a parent who decided to try teaching my kids reading over summer break and this was exactly my biggest stumbling block. I was honestly pretty shocked and dismayed at the current state of things and feel for all the teachers out there who apparently have to work a night job as curriculum developers in addition to being educators!
I'm glad that the issue of dosage is finally seeing the light of day. Katherin Maki (University of Florida) and I (Stephanie Snidarich, University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning) published a meta-analysis of reading fluency interventions with a novel synthesis of dosage research. Spoiler alert: there is very little dosage research in this area. Check it out here: Maki KE, Hammerschmidt-Snidarich S. Reading fluency intervention dosage: A novel meta-analysis and research synthesis. J Sch Psychol. 2022 Jun;92:148-165. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2022.03.008. Epub 2022 Apr 13. PMID: 35618367.
This is fascinating and unsurprising. Looking forward to reading. Please DM or email if you'd be willing to chat about this work... I'm at my firstnamelastname @ gmail....
Carol Connor and the FCRR team have a bunch of research with RCTs showing optimal dosage of type of instruction which led to the A2i program. I’m surprised that it hasn’t gotten more attention. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11121-017-0842-9
Great article. These everything bagel curriculums just won't cut it.
I'm just a parent who decided to try teaching my kids reading over summer break and this was exactly my biggest stumbling block. I was honestly pretty shocked and dismayed at the current state of things and feel for all the teachers out there who apparently have to work a night job as curriculum developers in addition to being educators!
I'm glad that the issue of dosage is finally seeing the light of day. Katherin Maki (University of Florida) and I (Stephanie Snidarich, University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning) published a meta-analysis of reading fluency interventions with a novel synthesis of dosage research. Spoiler alert: there is very little dosage research in this area. Check it out here: Maki KE, Hammerschmidt-Snidarich S. Reading fluency intervention dosage: A novel meta-analysis and research synthesis. J Sch Psychol. 2022 Jun;92:148-165. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2022.03.008. Epub 2022 Apr 13. PMID: 35618367.
This is fascinating and unsurprising. Looking forward to reading. Please DM or email if you'd be willing to chat about this work... I'm at my firstnamelastname @ gmail....
Carol Connor and the FCRR team have a bunch of research with RCTs showing optimal dosage of type of instruction which led to the A2i program. I’m surprised that it hasn’t gotten more attention. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11121-017-0842-9
Thank you for asking. We would like to isolate the survey to US schools. We appreciate the question and your part in the conversation!