Assessment and Instruction of Oral Reading Fluency among Adults with Low Literacy

Autor/inn/en	Mellard, Daryl; Woods, Kari; Fall, Emily
Titel	Assessment and Instruction of Oral Reading Fluency among Adults with Low Literacy
Quelle	In: Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 5 (2011) 1, S.3-14 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-2322
Schlagwörter	Reading Difficulties; Reading Fluency; Phonemic Awareness; Word Recognition; Reading Skills; Oral Reading; Vocabulary; Reading Ability; Multivariate Analysis; Adult Education; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Measures (Individuals); Reading Tests; Adult Literacy; Error Patterns; Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Woodcock Reading Mastery Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Worterkennung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Wortschatz; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Multivariate Analyse; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Leseunterricht; Messdaten; Lesetest; Fehlertyp
Abstract	We statistically examined the oral reading fluency of 295 adults with low literacy by analyzing total words read per minute and word error rates. We identified four fluency-ability groupings based on standardized assessments of reading-related skills (phonemic awareness, word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension, and general ability). Our results suggest that adults who read at comparable correct word rates vary significantly in total words read and word error rates. These differences were independent of assessed general ability level. Thus, total words read per minute and word error rates offer a picture of learner reading ability that can help instructors target instruction toward weak reading-related skills. (Contains 7 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10