Phonics for reading speed!
A recent study by Scientific America has determined reading is made up of three processes: phonics, contextual clues, and holistic word recognition. Phonics determined 62% of reading speed. Holistic or recognition by shape is responsible for 16% and Contextual clues made up 22%. But it wasn’t until today that I came across this quote in an article in Science Daily that the light bulb came on.
“The contributions made by phonics, holistic word recognition, and whole-language processes are not redundant,” says Denis Pelli, an N.Y.U. professor of psychology and neuroscience and senior author of the study “These three processes are not working on the same words and, in fact, make contributions to reading speed exclusive of one another.”
It seems the real value in the data is that all the processes are needed to be effective readers. Something many of us felt to be true all along as I stated in my last post, Printable Phonics worksheets.
Don’t hate me ‘cause I’m slow. Thanks for reading!
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