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The Effects of Student and Text Characteristics on the Oral Reading Fluency of Middle-Grade Students
Direct linkBarth, Amy E.; Tolar, Tammy D.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Francis, David – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
We evaluated the effects of student characteristics (sight word reading efficiency, phonological decoding, verbal knowledge, level of reading ability, grade, gender) and text features (passage difficulty, length, genre, and language and discourse attributes) on the oral reading fluency of a sample of middle-school students in Grades 6-8 (N =…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedKonopak, Bonnie; And Others – Reading Psychology, 1987
Examines whether students spontaneously focus on and acquire meanings for unknown words encountered in text. Indicates that, while the intentional learning group made the greatest gains, the incidental learning group acquired some knowledge and confidence. Shows that the control group gained little in either case. Provides support for incidental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education
