> Bill- the research overwhelming supports what Nancie advocates. I have > an entire section of my book devoted to the research supporting SSR -- > from federal studies-- as well as the research supporting reading aloud > to students. >
Elaine, Any chance you could offer some of the research on SSR? According to the NRP: "The Panel determined that guided repeated oral reading has a significant and positive impact on word recognition, reading fluency, and comprehension for students of all ages. However, the Panel was unable to conclude that independent silent reading, as the only type of reading instruction, improves reading fluency." Silent reading can't be measured. Oral can (let's not get started on fluency again!). I have a principal who likes hard numbers to back up my strategies, and I can't find any hard numbers on SSR. That's was one of my issues with READING ZONE...no actual numbers backing up her claims. She had a couple of pages on how the research used for the NRP was incomplete, but saying something isn't working ain't the same as saying something else works. Bill _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
