39th Annual Conference on Dyslexia and Related Learning Disabilities
 
T-39 How-To Develop Reading Fluency: Means and Methods, plus Notes of Caution

Description
Kate Garnett, Ed.D., Professor, Special Education/Learning Disabilities Chair, Department of Special Education, School of Education, Hunter College, New York, NY. Fluency is a crucial aspect of reading and reading instruction that is often ignored, underdone or misunderstood. This session clarifies how fluency develops across many stages of reading (through grades 1-8 skill levels and beyond), offering practical means for measuring and for developing it.