Efficient Learning for the Poor: New Insights into Literacy Acquisition for Children

Autor/in	Abadzi, Helen
Titel	Efficient Learning for the Poor: New Insights into Literacy Acquisition for Children
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 54 (2008) 5-6, S.581-604 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-008-9102-3
Schlagwörter	Reading Fluency; Short Term Memory; Grade 6; Grade 2; Reading Rate; Reading Research; Low Income Groups; Neurological Organization; Benchmarking; Emergent Literacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kurzzeitgedächtnis; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Leseforschung; Frühleseunterricht
Abstract	Reading depends on the speed of visual recognition and capacity of short-term memory. To understand a sentence, the mind must read it fast enough to capture it within the limits of the short-term memory. This means that children must attain a minimum speed of fairly accurate reading to understand a passage. Learning to read involves "tricking" the brain into perceiving groups of letters as coherent words. This is achieved most efficiently by pairing small units consistently with sounds rather than learning entire words. To link the letters with sounds, explicit and extensive practice is needed; the more complex the spelling of a language, the more practice is necessary. However, schools of low-income students often waste instructional time and lack reading resources, so students cannot get sufficient practice to automatize reading and may remain illiterate for years. Lack of reading fluency in the early grades "creates inefficiencies that affect the entire educational system". Neurocognitive research on reading points to benchmarks and monitoring indicators. All students should attain reading speeds of 45-60 words per minute by the end of grade 2 and 120-150 words per minute for grades 6-8. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10