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Judy Lynn Fields – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Research has established a strong relationship between silent reading comprehension and prosodic reading fluency among young readers, but much remains unknown about this relationship among older readers (Breen, Kaswer, Van Dyke, Krivokapic, & Landi, 2016; Cypert & Petro, 2019). The goal of this study was to determine the impact of prosodic…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sustained Silent Reading, Reading Fluency, Intonation
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Deng, Qinli; Tong, Shelley Xiuli – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2021
This study examined the reading comprehension profiles, and the related linguistic and cognitive skills, of 146 Chinese students in Grades 3-9 who are deaf or hard of hearing (d/Dhh). Employing a rigorous regression approach, the current study identified 19 unexpected poor comprehenders, 24 expected average comprehenders, and 16 unexpected good…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Ability, Language Skills
Paige, David D.; Rasinski, Timothy; Magpuri-Lavell, Theresa; Smith, Grant S. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2014
Although identified as a critical component of proficient reading in the primary grades, reading fluency (word recognition accuracy, automaticity, and prosody) is often viewed as less important beyond the early stages of reading acquisition. In the present study, 108 ninth-grade students were assessed to explore the relationships among word…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Accuracy, Silent Reading, Reading Comprehension
Frankel, Lois; Brownstein, Beth – Educational Testing Service, 2016
The work described in this report is the second phase of a project to provide easy-to-use tools for authoring and rendering secondaryschool algebra-levelmath expressions insynthesized speech that is useful for studentswithblindnessor lowvision.This report describes the development and results of the second feedback study performed for our project,…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Blindness, Assistive Technology, Feedback (Response)
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Paige, David D.; Rasinski, Timothy V.; Magpuri-Lavell, Theresa – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2012
Although reading fluency has been identified as a critical element in successful literacy curricula for elementary students, fluency has been relatively neglected beyond the elementary grades. Prior research has shown that word recognition automaticity (one component of fluency) is strongly associated with overall reading proficiency among…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Word Recognition, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency