Six Minute Solution Program: Case Study

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Mingqian Zhang
SPED 671
05/14/18
Critical Review of Six Minute Solution Program
The Six Minute Solution designed by Adams N Gail and Brown M Sheron was first published in 2003 by Sopris West Educational Services. It is a researched-validated intervention that helps teacher improve reading fluency of students from K-9 by pairing students with same-level peers for reading, monitoring, and feedback. During the intervention students receive concentrated practice on phonetic elements, high frequency words, and short passage reading.
Paired reading is the major focus of the Six Minute Solution program since it requires students work in pairs either in small groups or a whole classroom setting to practice reading repeatedly. Assessments …show more content…

As students take the responsibility of keeping track of their progress while they continue to encounter more challenging text during school year, they can see their own improvement as well.


















Reference
Adams, G. N., & Brown, S. (2007). The six-minute solution: a reading fluency program
(intermediate level) grades 3-6. Longmount, Colo.: Sopris West Educational Services. https://www.wou.edu/~brownbr/Classes/The_Six_Minute_Solution/1_Six%20Minute%20Solution_PrimaryLvl/1_SixMinSolutnPrLvl_ppi-103.pdf
Hanzal, A. (2013). Closing the reading fluency gap in six minutes. Masters of Arts in
Education Action Research Papers. 14. 
https://sophia.stkate.edu/maed/14
Martin, C., Elfreth, J., Feng, J. (2014). Effect on reading fluency of struggling third grade
students: computer-assisted intervention versus teacher-guided intervention. Paper
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association.

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