Reading Fluency Flashcards
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Reading fluency is best defined as the ability to read:
Answer: Accurately, automatically, and with appropriate expression
Reading fluency encompasses accuracy, automaticity (reading rate), and prosody (expression), all of which support reading comprehension.
Why is fluency considered a bridge between decoding and comprehension?
Answer: Because automatic word recognition frees cognitive resources for meaning-making
When word recognition is automatic, readers don't have to allocate cognitive effort to decoding, leaving more working memory available for comprehension.
Prosody in oral reading refers to:
Answer: The use of appropriate phrasing, stress, and intonation while reading aloud
Prosody is the rhythmic, expressive quality of oral reading — including phrasing, pitch, stress, and intonation — that reflects comprehension.
Which instructional practice is most commonly associated with improving reading fluency?
Answer: Repeated oral reading with feedback
Repeated oral reading with corrective feedback is a research-validated method for developing reading fluency.
A student's oral reading fluency (ORF) score is measured in:
Answer: Correct words per minute (CWPM)
ORF is typically expressed as correct words per minute (CWPM), accounting for both rate and accuracy.
A student reads slowly and accurately but with no expression, pausing at every word. This reading pattern most suggests a deficit in:
Answer: Automaticity and prosody
Word-by-word reading with no expression indicates that word recognition is not yet automatic and prosody has not developed.