Dr Marion LongReading fluency is often reduced to accuracy and speed. This article explores fluency as a temporal process rooted in anticipation, rhythm, and cognitive coherence, and why performance alone is not enough.
Dr Marion LongResearchers have found that the importance of motivation increases as the child’s perception of reading difficulty increases. The reverse is also true. This is why reading 'catch-up' can also feel as if it’s a catch-22 situation.
Dr Marion LongA meta analysis, in which many research studies were compared found significant relationships between decoding print and executive function skills. This challenges the dominant view that word recognition relies on knowledge of phonemes and graphemes.
“It’s only an hour that they have with you over the time that you come in over the six weeks and for it to be able to make, for a lot of them, up to a year’s difference in their reading ability is quite amazing really.” Year 3 teacher
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