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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"reading fluency"”.
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Development of Reading Fluency During an Extensive Reading Course Incorporating Reading Fluency Tasks
Reading approaches in Japan and other EFL settings have typically focused on accuracy at the expense of fluency. However, reading rate and fluency are important components of reading that are currently being neglected. A review of the literature reveals growing interest in investigating the …
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The Dynamic Cognitive Processes of Second Language Reading Fluency
Second language (L2) reading fluency has not received sufficient attention in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) and applied linguistics, especially regarding the types of treatments that promote reading fluency (Grabe, 2009). Hence, this study was a longitudinal, quasi-experimental …
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A Comparison of Two Measures of Oral Reading Fluency
Reading fluency is an important part of the process of learning to read. It is commonly assessed by the use of Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) techniques; however, a new assessment method emerged in the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement- Third Edition (WJ-III). Only one previous study had …
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Adult ESL Oral Reading Fluency and Silent Reading Comprehension
… academic program revealed that their oral reading fluency had a significant, low-to-moderate correlation with scores on a measure of silent reading comprehension. The correlation was slightly stronger for measures of accuracy than speed, and strongest for miscue ratio. The correlation …
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The Effect of Oral Reading Fluency on Analysis Skills
<p>The effect oral reading fluency has on comprehension is still being ascertained. This project examines the role of fluency and the effect it has on analysis skills. The purpose of this study is to show that fluency effects overall reading comprehension. Literature supports the view that fluent …
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The Effects of Readers’ Theater on Motivation and Reading Fluency
Reading aptitude is a foundational skill that is incorporated across all core subjects. Competent reading, which consists of fluency, decoding, and comprehension, allows access to the world through language. Prior studies confirm the importance of this skill as it is noted that students who are not …
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Developing EFL Reading Fluency in Upper Elementary Schools in China
… the importance of developing EFL students’ reading fluency, and more importantly, to provide specific curriculum for upper elementary school EFL students to improve their reading fluency. The most important intervention being used in this curriculum is extensive reading which appears in …
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An investigation of how self-assessment impacts oral reading fluency
… the impact of using rubrics to self-assess fluency on first graders. Qualitative sources of data included a teacher research journal with observation notes and reflections, audio recordings of students reading, and informal group interview responses. Numerical data included initial and final …
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Bilingual Reading Fluency and Prediction: Heritage Language versus Second Language
… presents the first comparative investigation of reading fluency and factors that affect it by examining eye movements in reading by Heritage Speakers (HSs) and L2 learners of Russian. The eye movements of bilingual participants are compared to two control groups, monolingual adults and …
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Family Support for At-Risk Second Graders to Improve Reading Fluency
… in helping their at-risk children improve their reading skills. Parents generally want to be part of their children’s academic achievement, but may not always know the most appropriate or effective way to contribute. Teachers encourage at-risk students to read consistently at home and supportive …
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Calculating text difficulty for text reading fluency for 1st to 5th grade levels
Lestur er ein mikilvægasta færni nemanda í skóla og samanstendur af nokkrum þáttum, meðal annars nákvæmni í lestri og sjálfvirkni. Lestrarpróf eru notuð til að meta og fylgjast með lesfærni og samanstendur prófið af texta sem nemandinn les innan ákveðins tíma. Til að hægt sé að fylgjast með …
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The Effect of Prosody Instruction on Reading Fluency and Comprehension Among Third-Grade Students
… Students frequently make improvements in two of fluency’s dimensions, rate and accuracy, but these improvements have not consistently correlated to improvements in reading comprehension, which is the objective of reading. The automaticity plus prosody (APP) model was developed by this researcher …
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Using DIBELS next reading fluency or Text Reading and Comprehension assessments to identify gifted students
… process. One DIBELS subtest, Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) did show some promise, but even that subtest would not be effective enough to use for this purpose.
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The Effectivness of Brief Experimental Analysis in Identifying Reading Fluency Interventions When Conducted by Parents
… (BEA) for identifying the most effective reading fluency intervention for their child; 2) if the brief experimental analysis was effective when conducted by trained parents. Three elementary students with reading difficulties and their parents participated. The parents were trained by the …
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The Relationship between Reading Fluency, Writing Fluency, and Reading Comprehension in Suburban Third-Grade Students
The topic of reading fluency is of great importance in education today. Research has shown a significant positive relationship between reading fluency and reading comprehension. However, little is known about writing fluency and its connection with reading comprehension. The purpose of this study …
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Developing L2 reading fluency: Implementation of an assisted repeated reading program with adult ESL learners
… was to investigate whether assisted repeated reading is an effective way for adult second language (L2) learners of English to develop oral and silent reading fluency rates. Reading fluency is an underdeveloped construct in second language studies, both in research and practice. This study …
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Cross-validation of new oral reading fluency criteria based on empirical data from Icelandic elmentary students
… criteria for Icelandic elementary students’ oral reading fluency (ORF), and to compare the new criteria to the present goal-oriented criteria (GOC). The new criteria were empirical based criteria (EBC). Data were provided by The Directorate of Education in Iceland. The data consisted of scores …
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Effectiveness of peer-assisted learning strategies on oral reading fluency for students with a learning disability
… was an effective method for improving oral reading fluency (ORF) of students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in familiar text, and whether the ORF skills acquired will generalize to unfamiliar text. Four elementary-aged students with SLD participated in the study. A multiple probe …
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The Impact of Working Memory Training on Third-Grade Students' Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension Performance
… the relationship between working memory (WM) and reading performance in 50 typically-developing third-grade students, as well as the effect of WM-training on their WM, reading fluency, and reading comprehension skills. Half of the sample was randomly assigned to the experimental group, while the …
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The Relationships Among Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN), Processing Speed and Reading Fluency in Clinic Referred Children
… that phonological awareness is at the core of reading ability. Rapid automatized naming (RAN), defined as how quickly individuals can name continuously presented familiar visual stimuli, is also known to be a strong predictor of reading performance, and reading fluency in particular. The double …
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