NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Share, David L. – Psychological Bulletin, 2008
In this critique of current reading research and practice, the author contends that the extreme ambiguity of English spelling-sound correspondence has confined reading science to an insular, Anglocentric research agenda addressing theoretical and applied issues with limited relevance for a universal science of reading. The unique problems posed by…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Spelling, Reading Research, Silent Reading
Berliner, David; Casanova, Ursula – Instructor, 1988
A recent study of reading rates of first grade students in Israel and America indicates that increased reading speed may improve comprehension and oral reading. Based on this finding, activities to help students read faster (and better) are suggested. (JL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Oral Reading
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Stoner, Gary – School Psychology Quarterly, 1992
Responds to previous article on validating curriculum-based measurement (Derr-Minneci and Shapiro, this issue). Contends that research reported by Derr-Mennici and Shapiro neither validated curriculum-based measurement (CBM) in reading from behavioral perspective, nor investigated accuracy of CBM. Organizes comments around three points of emphasis…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods, Oral Reading
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cone, John D. – School Psychology Quarterly, 1992
Responds to previous article on validating curriculum-based measurement (Derr-Minneci and Shapiro, this issue). Contends that, in examining variation in oral reading rate across their three settings, Derr-Mennici and Shapiro's assessment procedures were of unknown accuracy, and that these procedures themselves varied among settings, making it…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Methods, Oral Reading
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Gordinier, Cynthia L.; Foster, Karen – Childhood Education, 2004
The Reading First Initiative supports the importance of classroom teachers' use of diagnostic tests that are "scientifically based." This article focuses on the new assessment known as DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills. DIBELS is composed of the following subtests: phonological awareness (recognizing initial…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Federal Legislation, Phonology, Reading Rate
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Potter, Margaret L.; Wamre, Heidi M. – Exceptional Children, 1990
The paper outlines the rationale and development of curriculum-based measurement (CBM) and its empirical support; summarizes two reading models (Chall's stages of reading development and LaBerge and Samuels' model of automaticity); and discusses how CBM, with its use of oral reading rate measures, and the reading models may validate each other.…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Models