Enhanced Learning Skills for Kids » teachers http://www.els4kids.com Train.Teach.Transform Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:09:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 HOT TOPICS in Neuro & Educational Psychology for Teachers http://www.els4kids.com/hot-topics-in-neuro-educational-psychology-for-teachers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hot-topics-in-neuro-educational-psychology-for-teachers http://www.els4kids.com/hot-topics-in-neuro-educational-psychology-for-teachers/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:19:12 +0000 colleen http://www.els4kids.com/?p=1902




If you have poor readers in your elementary classrooms, you may interested in new research out this month.  Traditionally we've thought that it is best to improve reading by having students read text that was very easy for them.  This new research shows that in 2nd – 4th grade, poor readers can improve reading rates by reading either at their independent reading level (92-100% accuracy) or even slightly difficult text (80 – 90% accuracy).  However, be warned that practice reading alone, in elementary grades, did not make any
improvements in students' ability to decipher unknown words or on passage comprehension.  Thus poor readers still need well-rounded reading interventions.   O"Connor, R., et al (2010). Improvement in reading rate under independent and difficult text levels: Influences on word and comprehension skills.  Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol 102(1), 1-19.  

 

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If you have poor readers in your elementary classrooms, you may interested in new research out this month.  Traditionally we've thought that it is best to improve reading by having students read text that was very easy for them.  This new research shows that in 2nd – 4th grade, poor readers can improve reading rates by reading either at their independent reading level (92-100% accuracy) or even slightly difficult text (80 – 90% accuracy).  However, be warned that practice reading alone, in elementary grades, did not make any
improvements in students' ability to decipher unknown words or on passage comprehension.  Thus poor readers still need well-rounded reading interventions.   O"Connor, R., et al (2010). Improvement in reading rate under independent and difficult text levels: Influences on word and comprehension skills.  Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol 102(1), 1-19.  

 

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