AN IN-HOME COMPARISON OF DI FLASHCARDS AND A READING RACETRACKPROCEDURE ON MASTERY OF SELECTED SIGHT WORDS WITH A TYPICALLYDEVELOPING SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the Direct Instruction (DI)
flashcard system in comparison to the reading racetrack on the mastery of selected site words
from the Dolch site word list of a 6-year-old typically developing girl who was struggling with
reading. The study was conducted in the participant’s home at the kitchen table. The home is
located in a rural community in the Pacific Northwest. Targeted sight words were chosen bases
on the participants site word pretest score. The effects of both DI flashcard system and reading
racetrack was evaluated using a single-subject multiple baseline design across five sets of
targeted sight words. A clear functional relationship was shown between sight word mastery and
both the implementation of the DI flashcard system and reading racetrack. The DI flashcard
procedure was more effective with correct words read per minute and the number of words
taught.