Speed Reading: A Technique for Developing Fluent Readers.

Mounsteven, Joyce

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ERIC Number: EJ407037

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Speed Reading: A Technique for Developing Fluent Readers.

Mounsteven, Joyce

Teaching Exceptional Children, v22 n3 p69-71 Spr 1990

A speed reading technique is described for use with reluctant readers. The technique uses timed probes with practically any reading material, to heighten student motivation in addition to increasing fluency. Methods for self-recording progress data and strategies for building fluency are described. (JDD)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Precision Teaching, Reading Difficulties, Reading Rate, Speed Reading, Teaching Methods, Timed Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Precision Teaching