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Does Phonology Play a Role When Skilled Readers Read High-Frequency Words? Evidence from ERPs
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Newman, Randy Lynn; Jared, Debra; Haigh, Corinne A. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2012
We used event-related brain potentials to clarify the role of phonology in activating the meanings of high-frequency words during skilled silent reading. Target homophones ("meet") in sentences such as "The students arranged to meet in the library to study" were replaced on some trials by either a high-frequency homophone mate…
Descriptors: Phonology, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Role, Diagnostic Tests
A Review of the Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency
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Traylor, Tera B.; Price, Katherine W.; Meisinger, Elizabeth B. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2011
The Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency (TOSCRF; Hammill, Wiederholt, & Allen, 2006), as its name implies, is designed to measure contextualized silent reading fluency in students aged 7 to 18. Its purposes are to identify good and poor readers, to measure contextual fluency, and to monitor reading development. The TOSCRF measures how…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Silent Reading, Reading Fluency
Manitoba Reading Assessment 1985. Final Report.
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1987
Based on an integrated approach to reading instruction, this report of the 1985 Manitoba Reading Assessment includes a reading survey test, with an individual measure of listening-speaking and oral and silent reading performance, a reading interest inventory, and a teacher questionnaire. The 1985 Assessment also re-administered selected items from…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Listening