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Putting Fluency on a Fitness Plan : Building Fluency's Meaning‐Making Muscles
Author(s) -
Marcell Barclay
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.01034
Subject(s) - fluency , comprehension , psychology , meaning (existential) , reading (process) , reading comprehension , plan (archaeology) , expression (computer science) , cognitive psychology , linguistics , pedagogy , mathematics education , computer science , philosophy , archaeology , psychotherapist , history , programming language
This article presents an historical framework of fluency assessment and instruction, while at the same time advocating for a broader definition of fluency itself. Practical suggestions are made that seek to align reading rate and accuracy, alongside expression and comprehension, with the goal of developing “real” readers.