This absolutely confirmed by eye movement research which shows that the eye is ahead of the voice, even among readers as young as six. This same body of research shows that children do not fixate on every word, nor are the fixations necessarily in a consistent patter of left to right.
Lori On 7/9/07 4:02 PM, "kimberlee hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> 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. >> >> > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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.
