Abstract
The present study analyzes the development of text and word oral reading fluency and the context effect (semantic and syntactic processing that benefits text reading fluency) in 8th and 10th graders, from two public schools of Lisbon. Fluency was measured as the number of correct words per minute and the context effect as the difference between the performances of the two types of fluency. The results showed that the 10th graders outperformed the 8th ones, which indicates that in European Portuguese, fluency levels increase between these years. They also show that performance in text reading fluency was higher than that observed for words with a context effect more strength in the 10th grade, revealing a more pronounced improvement in syntactic and semantic processing than in identification of isolated words.
| Translated title of the contribution | Text and word list oral reading fluency: A cross-sectional study among Portuguese adolescents |
|---|---|
| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 113-124 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnostico y Evaluacion Psicologica |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 39 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Context effect
- Text reading fluency
- Word reading fluency
