On 7/8/07 2:27 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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I also have been reading an IRA publication called Why Johnny Couldn't
> Read---and How He Learned. The author studied successful adults who struggled
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> reading in school but read and comprehend well as adults. Interestingly,
> many of these adults still have poor phonemic awareness, spelling and phonics
> knowledge but comprehend at high levels. A common thread with all of these
> successful adult readers is that someone, a teacher or a parent, got them
> books
> that were of high interest to them. They learned to read in that genre first
> and then could apply what they learned (some of them) in other genres.
> Fluency
> was also often "field dependent." The book described a scientist could
> fluently read difficult texts in his field but not a novel. This is a
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> new idea to me, but it makes sense. If you have schema for a particular genre,
> it could pull you through and help you read more fluently.
> Jennifer
> Maryland
I read thisbook as well and it has pretty exciting implications I think! So
glad you mentioned it. and I just reada paper submitted to the Journal of
Literacy Research....I'm peer reviewing it .....which had a case study of
one student with very similar results - QUITE EXCITING AND I HOPE IT WILL
BE PUBLISHED AND SOON. The two studies together are quite important!!!
Sally
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