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Why Fast and Effortless Reading Is Indispensable for Comprehension
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Abadzi, Helen; Centanni, Tracy – Comparative Education Review, 2020
Dowd and Bartlett (2019) tested the reading competencies of second graders attending Save the Children programs in 11 countries. They used sixty-word passages and comprehension questions without time limits and analyzed data of students reading more than 10 words per minute. They found wide disparities in speed among those who showed high…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
Reading by Third Grade: How Policymakers Can Foster Early Literacy
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Duke, Nell K. – State Education Standard, 2019
Reading by third grade is a hot topic. Dozens of state legislatures have passed laws aimed at improving early reading, many of them mandating retention if the job is not done by the end of grade 3. Everyone from philanthropists to publishers, from parents to the press, have fixed on it. And setting aside too many people's assumptions to the…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Beginning Reading, Primary Education, Grade 3
Using a Think-Aloud with Diverse Students: Three Primary Grade Students Experience Chrysanthemum
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Migyanka, Joann Marie; Policastro, Carole; Lui, Guiqiu – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2005
Many struggling readers, students with English as a second language, and children with disabilities do not engage in the strategies that good readers use when reading for understanding. Reading comprehension depends upon the students' ability to successfully use strategies to monitor and control their own comprehension. Teachers need to help…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties, English (Second Language)