During the 2023 Student Research Poster Session at the South Dakota State Capitol on Feb. 7, she was one of 10 students from the state’s public colleges and universities showcasing a wide variety of research in the building’s second-floor rotunda. An elementary and special education major in the University of South Dakota’s Honors Program set to graduate in May, DeWitte says her research project followed a lifelong passion: reading. After the summer, DeWitte says these students continued to show more reading fluency in the classroom, demonstrating the importance of early intervention in building reading skills. However, with time and logistical constraints, the repeated reading strategy offered the best opportunity for accurate data collection. Getting ready for her full-time work in the classroom, she’s also student-teaching full-time in the Harrisburg School District.
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