Fluency

multiplication fact review, I would want to increase my students’ multiplication fact fluency, so that they can be able to solve more complex math concepts and at a higher time rate. This area of focus is an issue that I feel passionate about because it not only affects student achievement, but teacher planning, and instruction. I believe that if some type of change does not take place with the mastery of multiplication fact fluency, students will continue to delay behind in mathematics…

1. Explain Conceptual understanding and procedural knowledge. Conceptual understanding basically means focusing much more into depth on how to get the correct answer. It goes way beyond that, it focuses on understanding why and how we got the answer. This can be done by supporting students’ ability to access concepts from a number of different perspectives. Students can demonstrate a deep understanding by solving short conceptual problems, applying mathematics to new situations,…

a topic to write about I think it is harder to make the paper interesting and enjoyable to read. When it comes writing I have a few of struggles that one day I wish I could improve on. The three writing areas I struggle with the most are sentence fluency, grammatical errors, and word choice. To make my writing better I will continue revise and edit my papers. Grammar is something that you need to repeatedly practice and I believe that should help with fixing grammatical errors. To…

affects how the brain process letters and words. In other words, the brain is “jumbling them up”. This article emphasizes the fact that not only is there a dis-fluency in word recognition and coding, but there is a phonological impairment in phonemic length discrimination as well. Researchers examined the differences in reading accuracy, fluency, and spelling accuracy between three groups of children between the ages of one and 6 ½: one group is of children with dyslexia who possess a…

There are aspects of this disorder that are internal, and external. Therefore, an effective treatment requires a comprehensive approach (Blomgren, 2010). A comprehensive approach would include behavioral modification and fluency shaping techniques. A treatment, like the newly developed Camperdown Program, should include speech restructuring – while focusing on the deeper attributes of stuttering such as anxiety, fear, and avoidance behaviors. The most optimal programs will…

Developmental or Acquired Condition. The problem is a developmental condition. Geoff began stuttering around the age of 3 years old, which would come and go, with periods of fluency that lasted 2 months. Because of these fluency periods, Geoff’s parents believed it would go away with time and therefore wasn’t seen by an SLP until he was 13. It was then that he was diagnosed with severe stuttering. Geoff’s stuttering is classified as developmental because the onset occurred between ages 2-5, and…

Fluency is difficult for ELLs because their lack of proficiency in English slows down their ability to decode words and hinders their ability to understand the meanings of the words and how the words combine to produce meaningful sentences and discourse. These suggestions will help teachers adapt fluency instruction for ELLs: ELLs cannot achieve fluency in oral reading before they have achieved fluency in speaking. When working on developing fluency, be sure that students are…

was to teach. I think it was great that they had graphs showing the success of the program in raising the scores of students for reading because it really shows how great this program can be for teachers. This program also did a great job of having fluency practice for students with different instructional levels. The program also explicitly teaches comprehension skills and has a lot of them that are taught and then consistently used throughout the program. When it comes to the high frequency…

is unable to do just YET. In terms of his fluency, his rate and accuracy are significantly low compared to his ability to use expression. He is aware of punctuation, as well as how and why he must read a certain sentence with different ending punctuation. Not only does he know how to use expression when reading, but he enjoys using facial expression while stating the sentence aloud. One of the research articles I used to direct me in formulating my fluency intervention strategies stated that the…

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) involves brain atrophy in areas of the core network (i.e. prefrontal, parietal and temporal cortices; McKee et al., 2006). These regions have been implicated in episodic memory (EM), memories for events related to one’s personal past (Buckner et al., 2005), and mental simulation for the future (Addis, Wong, & Schacter, 2007; Hassabis, Kumaran, & Maguire, 2007). Episodic future thinking (EFT) refers to the ability to envision oneself in a future or imagined scene that one…