Fluency

The Star Report shows fluency rate, grade equivalent scores, national and school level and rank, scale scores, and much more. The teacher will use this information to change and modify instruction. The Star Test will be given to everyone in August, October, December, March, and…

The main findings of the study include the importance of fluency, not just accuracy, in numerous, if not all, fields. Binder found that when the focus is solely placed on the percentage correct, and no account of the aspect of time is given, then the measurement of the data becomes significantly limited, creating a “measurement ceiling” (2003). Needing to perform accurately within a specific time dimension is essential in many fields ranging from athletics to language to medicine and to factory…

Improving oral reading fluency with a peer-mediated intervention. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(3), 641-646. doi:10.1901/jaba.2011.44-641 Hofstadter-Duke and Daly (2011) studied the effects of a peer-delivered reading intervention program designed to increase oral reading fluency in first grade students referred for at risk reading fluency. The purpose of this empirical research was to conduct an experiment to examine the effects of a peer-delivered reading fluency intervention…

level readers. They mutually suffer with a reading fluency deficit and are categorized at the frustration level. It is common for LD children to present issues with reading fluency and can hinder the child’s reading skills (Malouf, Reisner, Gadke, Wimbish, & Frankel, 2014). In order to have future reading comprehension success, the student must first dominate the skill reading with fluency. One researched based practice used to improve fluency is using the repeated reading strategy. This…

This paper is a summery about how researchers found a way to improve reading prosody and oral retell fluency. They found that many students haven’t developed reading fluency, but can read properly if they take their time. The main purpose of this study was to determine which of the three inventions was most effective at helping to improve oral retell fluency and prosody. Four English native speaking students, each of which having difficulties and at risk of reading failure. The students needed…

process of fluency. Felicia's teacher Laura noticed that her word recognition is one of the highest in the classroom, but Felicia takes almost three times longer to read then most of the students. Her reading is choppy and many times sounds more like she's reading a word list than a story. Felicia doesn’t read in sentences she reads word by word making her reading process extremely slow. Laura struggles with trying to figure out what to do to help Felicia with her reading and fluency. Every…

After reviewing the reading rockets website, I found that the 5 components of beginning English reading are phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, including oral reading skills and reading comprehension strategies. Beth Antunez, author of English Language Learners and the Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction, says using these 5 components teachers can really reach their students who struggle with English reading development. The first component of the…

performance on this composite, it appears that she will benefit from explicit instruction on word recognition skills and phonics skills. Reading Fluency refers to the ability to read quickly and accurately. It is an essential component of proficient reading and is based upon one’s level of automaticity in recognizing and/or decoding words. Reading fluency is also a necessary building block for proficient reading comprehension, as the ability to comprehend text…

having difficulty in reading, writing, social studies, and science. Currently Mary is performing below her classmates in reading reading fluency and reading comprehension. The teacher began noticing problems in the fall semester so the goal will be for Mary to improve by the spring semester. Currently Mary is performing on…

brought into the University Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic (USLHC) for a fluency evaluation in 2012. Parental concerns arose when Ninja began stuttering while attending pre-kindergarten at the early age of four. Parents report that after stuttering was first noticed, his stuttering remained constant. Additionally, parents indicated that stuttering was present in the maternal side of the family. Prior to the fluency evaluation by USLHC, there was not any speech and language therapy provided.…