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Kopfstein, Robert W. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Notes that the fluent reader needs rapid perception, the ability to use semantic and syntactic clues, and sophisticated comprehension strategies. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
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Koskinen, Patricia S.; Blum, Irene H. – Reading Teacher, 1986
Concludes that poor readers benefit from a cooperative strategy that gives them practice toward fluency in a supportive situation. Explains how repeated reading works and offers a strategy for using it. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement
Hansen, Jill – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2004
This step-by-step manual can be used to guide primary-grade students through retellings. The following will be discovered: (1) Developmental retelling strategies that match the reading level of each student; (2) How to build the foundation for quality retellings with activities that help students understand a story's events, sequence, and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Story Telling, Primary Education
Shanahan, Timothy – Learning Point Associates / North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), 2005
Research has shown that students can be taught to comprehend the material better while they are reading. Successful instruction of this type has usually focused on the teaching of comprehension strategies--that is, intentional actions students can use during reading to guide their thinking. Such strategies improve both understanding and memory.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Phonemes
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Black, Tobey C.; Bogusz, Gayle T.; Porter, Alicia M. – 1999
This report describes a program for increasing reading fluency through the implementation of several reading interventions. The elementary students of the two targeted regular education classes and the one mild-moderately impaired program exhibit difficulty in reading fluently, which impedes them from becoming independent learners. Evidence for…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Attitudes
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Office of Assessment and Evaluation, Salem. – 1999
These official primary trait scoring guide presents details of the 6-point scoring system used in third-grade Oregon schools to evaluate students' performance in oral reading fluency and in comprehension (as measured through retelling). The oral reading fluency benchmark portion of the scoring guide is broken down into phrasing, flow, and pace…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Grade 3, Oral Reading, Primary Education
Lee, Steven W.; Von Colln, Theresa – 2003
Cognitive strategy instruction is currently garnering much attention in the literature as an effective means of teaching children who display learning difficulties in a wide variety of academic areas. In reading, the Paraphrasing Strategy, which is one of an array of strategies used in the Strategies Intervention Model (SIM) (Schumaker, Deshler, &…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Middle Schools, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Olmscheid, Carey – 1999
Without the development of reading fluency as part of reading instruction, teachers may end up with a classroom full of students who read roughly and slowly, and who may not completely gather the important information from the text. One strategy to increase fluency is the fluency development lesson (FDL) that includes seven steps modeled by the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
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Taylor, Rosemarye T.; McAtee, Richard – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2003
Discusses how a literacy intervention program found success among struggling readers in prison. Describes "Turning a New Page," an unconditional literacy project that develops vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and self-esteem in the older, reluctant reader. Concludes that older, reluctant readers need motivation and respect in learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Literacy, Reading Comprehension
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Sweet, Robert W., Jr. – Policy Review, 1997
Explains why the Clinton administration's answer to illiteracy, embodied in the "America Reads Challenge," in the United States is not a solution and only diverts accountability from the failure of the public-education system. It argues that phonics is the best way to teach reading and provides the principles of reading instruction. (GR)
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Illiteracy
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Tobin, Kevin G. – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2003
Evaluates the effectiveness of the "Horizons Fast Track A-B" program on first-grade students' decoding skills and oral reading fluency. Notes that two classes used "Horizons Fast Track" and two classes used a Silver, Burdett, and Ginn (SBG) curriculum. Finds that classes that received "Horizons" instruction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Primary Education
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Worthy, Jo; Prater, Kathryn – Reading Teacher, 2002
Discusses Readers Theatre, an instructional activity that combines several effective research-based practices, and leads to increased engagement with literacy even in very resistant readers. Considers the theory and research behind Readers Theatre. Describes the process of choosing and writing texts for performance, and preparing for performances.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Intermediate Grades, Media Selection, Readers Theater
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Rasinski, Timothy V. – Journal of Educational Research, 1990
Findings from a study which compared methods for improving students' (N=20) reading fluency indicate: (1) both repeated readings and listening-while-reading treatments were effective in improving reading fluency and, (2) neither treatment was superior to the other in improving reading fluency. (IAH)
Descriptors: Grade 3, Primary Education, Reading Fluency, Reading Improvement
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Rasinski, Timothy V.; Zutell, Jerome B. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1990
Focuses on the development of and research into well-articulated models of reading fluency instruction that make fluency an integral part of the regular reading curriculum. Brings to light ways in which reading fluency instruction can be made an important part of and an achievable goal for the general reading curriculum. (SR)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Reading Fluency
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Bowers, Patricia Greig – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1993
Examines factors related to the slower reading of text by reading-disabled compared to average readers. Finds phonological awareness and digit-naming speed consistently related to speed and errors on initial reading and on reading for a fourth time. Finds an independent relationship between phonemic sensitivity and fluency. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables
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