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Jasmine, Joanne; Schiesl, Pamela – Reading Horizons, 2009
Reading fluency is the ability to read orally with speed and efficiency, including word recognition, decoding, and comprehension (Chard & Pikulski, 2005). Able readers achieve fluency as they recognize words with speed and build upon them to aid in comprehension (Pumfrey & Elliott, 1990). One way to help students achieve fluency is through the use…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Action Research, Sight Vocabulary, Bulletin Boards
Perfetti, Charles A. – 1983
One model of interactive processing useful in describing word identification processes in discourse context is of a weakly interactive type. This type assumes that the time to identify a word in context is an activation function, whereas the time to activate a word in memory beyond some criterial identification threshold is a multiplicative…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Models
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Stoller, Fredericka L. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1994
Presents a model reading lab design for advanced English for Academic Purposes students and describes the four major instructional components of the lab as well as the logistics of running a lab. (44 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, English for Academic Purposes, Feedback