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Alexander, Annetta; Wyke, Wallis; Lewis, Theodore; Taylor-Ryan, Maureen – Reading Teacher, 2019
The authors report findings from an evaluation of the reading competence of students in selected elementary schools in Trinidad and Tobago. The work was conducted in eight schools and involved the testing of 450 students in standards (grades) 1 and 5 for competence in comprehension, oral reading, and word recognition. Methods and results relating…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Elementary School Students, Feedback (Response), Word Recognition
Kuhn, Melanie – Reading Teacher, 2004
Effective approaches to fluency instruction should facilitate automatic and accurate word recognition as well as the ability to read with expression. The study reported in this article focused on instructional approaches that can be used with small groups of learners within a broader literacy curriculum, one that is suitable for flexible grouping.…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Teaching Methods, Word Recognition, Reading Ability
Pikulski, John J.; Chard, David J. – Reading Teacher, 2005
A deep, developmental construct and definition of fluency, in which fluency and reading comprehension have a reciprocal relationship, is explicated and contrasted with superficial approaches to that construct. The historical development of fluency is outlined, along with conclusions of the U.S. National Reading Panel, to explore why fluency has…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Skills, Spelling, Reading Comprehension
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Allington, Richard L.; McGill-Franzen, Anne – Reading Teacher, 1980
Reports on a study in which 12 good and 12 poor fourth-grade readers read selections in their original format and with the words in random order; concludes that the results indicate that word identification errors elicited on tests in isolation do not constitute a solid basis for predicting errors in connected text. (ET)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Connected Discourse, Context Clues, Elementary Education