Fluency

thinking tasks and where these abilities reside within the CHC model. Carroll (1993), for example, viewed divergent thinking tasks as markers of an FO (Originality/Creativity) factor. The FO factor, along with factors such as Ideational Fluency (FI) and Word Fluency (FW), resided under the second-level factor of Gr (Broad Retrieval Ability), the “capacity to readily call up concepts, ideas, and names from long-term…

Unlike the United States, European countries are actively trying to broaden their pupils' education by introducing at least one foreign language besides their national or native language at a young age. This is widespread and many countries view fluency in upwards of one language a necessity to function more properly in society. For example, when I was touring New York City with my family, my mother and I ran into a French couple on the ferry ride to Ellis Island that spoke French, English, and…

Hi Sharon, I loved reading your discussion, it's nice to know that I am not the only one who hasn't been in school since they graduated from high school. I have always thought about going back to school so many times, but I always convinced myself that I wasn't smart enough. But one day I got a phone call about my career and it steered me talking to UMA professionals and from there I started Healthcare Management courses. I believe one reason I've always had a passion for the medical feels as…

For my tutoring session I gave LB the second section of the QRI5 test. This half was where he had to read a passage and then answer questions about that passage. What was very interesting about this test was that LB did a great job reading the first passage about Johnny Appleseed. He was able to answer the questions at the beginning because I think it was because he was familiar with the story. I also noticed that while answering the questions that he had brought in other information he knew…

After today’s class discussion, I was able to learn new and different ways to take data. It was interesting to see how similar and different recording data can be depending on the goal and disorder. For example, last semester I did not find it as hard to track data for my accent modification client. However, this semester I have changed the way I keep track of data during sessions. My client is working on basic age appropriate sounds mainly because she exhibits a lot of phonological processes.…

hypothesis was acquired from 4 groups of 6 subjects, one group of 6 normal subjects and three groups of 6 schizophrenic patients. Each subject was scanned 6 times during the performance of three-word production tasks. The first task (A) was a verbal fluency task that required subjects to respond with multiple words that began with a given letter. The second task (B) was a semantic categorisation task where the subject responded “man-made” or “natural” depending on the heard noun. The last…

to the contrary, such as Goldsmith and Matherly (1998) and Henderson (2003). Creativity is the ability to exhibit creative behaviour to a noteworthy degree (Guilford, 1950). Guildford identified several key principles of creativity (fluency and flexibility). Fluency is a measure based on the number of ideas (Guildford, 1950). Frequency is the rate of occurrence of novel, uncommon or original ideas (Guildford, 1950). Gender is defined as the personal sexual identity of an individual (REFERENCE)…

involved in the reading process. It is fundamental for teachers to prepare their students to gain meaning from what they have read. The six main elements for reading development includes oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. A balanced approach to teaching these necessary components for reading instruction will promote effective independent readers (Sperling, Sherwood & Hood, 2013, p.462). Effective reading occurs when educators teach children to…

Jeanne Chall’s Contribution to Reading and Teachers There are many reasons that a child may struggle with reading, whether it be decoding, reading comprehension, fluency, or a combination of these. There are many reasons that a child might struggle with reading, and therefore a variety of techniques that may be suggested by theorists for teachers to help those students; among those theorists is a contemporary theorist, Jeanne Chall. As a contemporary theorist, Chall has contributed many…

Word recognition, decoding, and spelling, which are central to fluency, are the primary areas of difficulty associated with developmental dyslexia. Neurodevelopmental and familial in origin, dyslexia is a developmental language disorder with characteristic phonological difficulties that greatly impact a child’s ability to become literate, even with optimal schooling and typical intellectual functioning (Pennala, et al,. 2013). Dyslexia is a lifelong language disorder with varying severity across…