摘要：This study investigated the efectiveness of reading intervention on at-risk readers from first through third grade. The 34 children below the 20th percentile on an oral reading fluency test pricipated in the reading intervention program for 15 weeks. They received small group instruction in one 40-minute session per week. Data were analyzed with one-way ANOVA,paired t-test and effect size for individual cases. Upon completion of the intervention,at-risk first graders showed significanly higher performance in print concept,word recognitin,oral reading fluency and reading comprehension. The at-risk second and third graders improved only in oral reading flucency. Most of children who reeived the intervention demonstrated a large effet in oral reading flucency.
