Even though researchers have documented many problems associated with this practice and its variations (e.g., popcorn reading), teachers continue to use these activities as a default method to
increase oral reading fluency and reading comprehension (Opitz & Rasinski, 1998).
Classwide peer tutoring: Two experiments investigating the generalized relationship between
increased oral reading fluency and reading comprehension.
Not exact matches
Development of
oral language
increases a child's capacity and readiness for
reading and writing.
Through various photo projects, students can achieve these general objectives: • participate in listening, speaking,
reading, and writing activities related to the photo project; • develop appreciation of photography; • interact with other students, parents, and teachers to accomplish and share the photo project; • demonstrate
increased oral and written language production; and • work cooperatively throughout the process.
Students in the US showed a 36 per cent
increase in
oral reading fluency when exposed to high - intensity light, while those in standard lighting conditions
increased by only 16 per cent.
Since
oral language and vocabulary are so connected to
reading comprehension, the most disadvantaged children face
increased challenges once they enter school and start learning to
read.
Although well - intended,
increasing literacy blocks in elementary school has meant less time allocated to
oral language,
reading, and writing in science, social studies, and math.
This strategy has been proven effective in helping students to break words into manageable, decodable chunks,
read long words in content area text books,
increase oral and silent
reading fluency, and improve comprehension as decoding and fluency
increase.
For example, Johnson et al. (in press) found that including a vocabulary assessment with an
oral reading fluency (ORF) assessment significantly
increased classification accuracy when predicting performance on a third grade state assessment.
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