Review of research: Aligning theory and assessment of reading fluency: Automaticity, prosody, and definitions of fluency

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-251

  Kuhn, Melanie R ^a   Schwanenflugel, Paula J ^b   Meisinger, Elizabeth B ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Article; Assessment; Childhood; Comprehension; Fluency; Special needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950915017     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.45.2.4     Document Type: Review

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