Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2015 The Impact of Singing-Integrated Reading Instruction on the Oral Reading Fluency and Motivation of Elementary Students in an Out- of-School Time Program Yvette M. Moorehead-Carter Virginia Commonwealth University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons © The Author Downloaded from https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3901 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. © Yvette Marie Moorehead-Carter All Rights Reserved THE IMPACT OF SINGING-INTEGRATED READING INSTRUCTION ON THE ORAL READING FLUENCY AND MOTIVATION OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN AN OUT- OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. by Yvette Marie Moorehead-Carter Bachelor of Music, Howard University, 1986 Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1995 Director: Dr. Valerie J. Robnolt, Advisor, VCU School of Education Dr. Kathleen M. Cauley, VCU School of Education Dr. Joan Rhodes, VCU School of Education Dr. David Greennagel, VCU School of the Arts Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia May 2015 ii Acknowledgment The author wishes to thank several people. First, I would like to thank my father, Dr. William Douglas Moorehead, Sr., who called me his Ph.D. baby because I was born the year he completed his Ph.D.