How Does Independent Practice of Multiple-Criteria Text Influence the Reading Performance and

Development of Second Graders?

Bib. Information Cheatham, J. P., Allor, J. H., & Roberts, J. K. (2014). How does
(APA Formatting): independent practice of multiple-criteria text influence the
reading performance and development of second graders?
Learning Disability Quarterly, 37(1) 3-14.

Author(s) Affiliation: Jennifer P. Cheatham PhD. Southern Methodist University

Jill H. Allor EdD. Southern Methodist University

J. Kyle Roberts PhD. Southern Methodist University

Type of Resource: Scholarly article that presents a research study

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Summary of essential Study conducted in a school of all second grade classes

information: One group spent independent reading time reading literature
Other group spent independent reading time reading multiple-criteria texts
o Texts with scaffolding to help with decoding
Study found that children with low phonics ability slightly benefitted from
multiple-criteria texts
Most students made equal progress, no matter which book was read

Potential relevance to This article is relevant to my research topic because it is about independent
your research topic reading. Since the study shows that students who read literature mostly have
and study: the same progress as students who read multiple-criteria books, I will use
literature in my classroom during independent reading time.