Workshop: K-3 and Adolescent Literacy
On February 14 and 15, 2006, the Center on Instruction hosted a two-day workshop on the topic K-12 literacy. The training presented strategies for supporting literacy problems for average and struggling readers, and research-based strategies for literacy instruction and content enhancement. Presenters included Dr. Joe Torgesen and Dr. Marcia Kosanovich of the Florida Center for Reading Research, Dr. Nell Duke of Michigan State University and the Literacy Achievement Research Center, Dr. John Guthrie of the University of Maryland, and Dr. Keith Lenz of the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. Their PowerPoint presentations are available at the link above.
Research-Based Practices in Early Reading: A Focus on Fluency
The first in a series of booklets that examines major topics of beginning reading instruction, this document summarizes the key research findings on the role of fluency in the reading process, factors that affect fluency development and effective instructional practices that strengthen fluency levels. Drawing heavily upon the National Reading Panel's findings as well as other experimental studies, it provides examples of instructional practices, such as repeated oral reading, to increase children's fluency and includes sections on independent silent reading and assessment measures to determine oral reading fluency.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that offers research-based and best-practice information on teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle. It is an educational service of public television station WETA in Washington, D.C
This link will bring you to the fluency section of the Reading Rockets website.