The effect of goal setting, goal tracking, and feedback on reading fluency

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Shell, Katharine

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2020-06-05

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Action Research

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en

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reading fluency , student goal setting , goal setting , goal tracking , feedback , action research , qualitative research , second grade

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As more accountability is placed on teachers and schools, they must find ways to boost their students' academic reading fluency success. Because of the need to increase academic achievement, strategies that have little cost and require small amounts of time need to be utilized. Goal setting is a strategy that past research has shown effective for student's academic achievement. This action research study was designed to examine the impact of goal setting partnered with goal tracking and feedback on student reading fluency achievement. There were 21-second grade students who participated in this study. Baseline data was first gathered from reading fluency scores without goal setting, goal tracking, and feedback and then compared to reading fluency scores after goal setting, goal tracking, and feedback were provided. The researcher's analysis showed that goal setting, goal tracking, and feedback increased

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
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