From: "RASINSKI, TIMOTHY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The miscues that a reader makes when reading orally MAY OR MAY NOT reflect the processes that a reader uses when reading silently.
from Bev "NOW I WOULD AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT." Oral reading is a reflection of silent reading. from Bev, "ORAL READING MAY REFLECT A CHILD'S SILENT READING. WE MAY GET SOME CLUES ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE A KID'S HEAD WHEN WE LISTEN TO HIM OR HER READ. OTHER TECHNIQUES WOULD INCLUDE A DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE READ, A STORY RETELLING, A COMPREHENSION INVENTORY, AND OTHERS. THESE OTHER TECHNIQUES WOULD TELL US IF THE STUDENT WAS UNDERSTANDING WHAT HE WAS READING. THEY DON'T, HOWEVER, TELL US WHAT HE WAS DOING WITH THE SPECIFIC WORDS, PHRASING, PROSODY, OR ANYTHING ELSE IN HIS BRAIN. MAYBE, IN TIME, SCIENCE WILL PROVIDE US WITH CLEARER ESTIMATES OF JUST THAT. BUT AS OF THIS WRITING, I THINK ANY OF US WHO THINK WE CAN TELL WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE A KID'S BRAIN ARE OVERGENERALIZING OTHER DATA, SUCH AS HIS ORAL READING PERFORMANCE. _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507 _______________________________________________ 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.
