In my experience, pointing to a word slows a reader down. Contrary to what we would think, studies of the eye movement of a reader shows that reading is not linear, but the eye moves ahead, and back as needed to make meaning. I forget who did the studies. I want to say it was one of the Goodmans. If you have a child track their reading, they slow way down because the tracking itself becomes a roadblock. In fact, I discourage reading aloud to oneself and tracking habitually, when reading silently, for that reason.
However, since most of the reading we do in life is silent, and if fluency needs to be that important, timing a silent read makes great sense. I just don't know how you would differentiate that from testing...especially with the pressure involved. KIm On 7/9/07, Diane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 9, 2007, at 3:27 AM, RASINSKI, TIMOTHY wrote: > >> Elisa: It very likely is slow and halting during silent reading -- > >> readers who read in a slow an labored way orally, tend to read in a > >> very similar way when reading silently. > >> > > How can we possibly know this? > > > > > An idea: The rate could be found by timing the student as he silently > reads a passage. Pauses would be apparent if the student pointed at each > word as he reads silently. > > Loving this discussion! > > Diane > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Kim ------- Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School Fresno, California 93702 Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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.
