CANCELLED. Examining the Monitoring and Responding Strategies of Proficient Fourth-Grade Readers on Complex Texts

• In Event: 44.071 - Research in Reading and Literacy SIG III

Abstract

The monitoring of meaning and the correction of miscues that fail to make sense is a hallmark of proficient reading. This research examines the monitoring and responses of proficient fourth grade readers to their miscues. Three groups of students orally read four different narrative and expository texts. Reader reactions to their miscues that did and did not disrupt meaning were analyzed. Regardless of group or text, readers did not significantly correct meaning disrupting miscues any more than miscues that made sense. In fact, the majority of all miscues were ignored. This behavior may be due to an emphasis on reading rate in many classrooms as well as a failure to explicitly teach students monitoring and correcting strategies.

Author

• Stephen B. Kucer, Washington State University - Vancouver