Carolin Hardesty's Research Presentation on Accelerated Reader

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ACCELERATED READER An Essential Practice for
Reading Success

• Action Inquiry Project
• Carolin Hardesty
• University Colorado Denver, 2011

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• The purpose of my research is to find out how I
  can utilize Renaissance Learnings Accelerated
  Reader, to the fullest extent possible, to
  improve student academic success in reading.

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RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• 1) What can I do to help promote the Accelerated
  Reader program in my class so that it encourages
  students to read?
• 2) How can I incorporate AR into my daily
  classroom routines?
• 3) Can successfully integrating AR assist low
  performing students reach grade level?
• 4) What are the best practices of AR?

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Easy access to interesting books lots of them!
Fiction Non-Fiction

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30-60 minutes of reading time is needed daily!
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QUIZ TIME!
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CONTROVERSY

• Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic
• -Prizes vs. Praises

• Recall only
• No higher order thinking skills required

• COMPREHENSION

• REWARDS

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Improved oral reading fluency of 4 to 20 words
per minute in low performing students.
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Improved scores of 2 months to 6 months in
reading levels of low performing students.
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Can I take an AR quiz?
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CREDITS

• Staff at Rozet Elementary
• Selected students at Rozet Elementary
• Renaissance Learning Advanced Technology for
  Data Driven Schools. (2011). Retrieved from
  http//www.renlearn.com
• (2007). Getting Results with Accelerated Reader.
  United States of American Renaissance
• Persinger, JM (2001). What Are the
  Characteristics of a Successful Implementation of
  Accelerated Reader?. Knowledge Quest
  (1094-9046), 29(5), p.30.
• Institute for Academic Excellence. (1997,
  November). Toward a balanced approach to reading
  motivation. Retrieved from http//www.eric.edgov/
  PDFS/ED421687.pdf
• Biggers, D. (2001). The argument against
  accelerated reader. Journal of Adolescent
  Adult Literacy, 45(1), 72. Retrieved from
  EBSCOhost.
• Krashen, S. (2002). Accelerated Reader Does it
  work? If so, why?. School Libraries in Canda,
  22(2), 24. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.