Rate of silent reading rises most rapidly in grades 2, 3 and 4, while quality of silent reading increases at about the same rate throughout the grades.¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? Rate of silent reading increases most rapidly in grades 2, 3, and 4 with slight increases thereafter, while quality of silent reading continues to increase steadily across grades. → Monroe 1917

Evidence¶

Monroe 1917¶

Monroe, W. S. (1917). A report on the use of the Kansas Silent Reading Tests with over one hundred thousand children. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Kansas+Silent+Reading+Tests

q1 · i? · associational · r2

Curves of progress from the Gray Silent Reading Tests shown in Figs. 2 and 3 for rate and quality of silent reading. For quality, "the pupil continues to increase the quality of his silent reading at about the same rate throughout the several grades represented".

"the pupil in learning to read increases his rate of silent reading most rapidly in grades 2, 3, and 4. In the following grades his increase is very slight."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading Fluency — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Median scores on the Kansas Silent Reading Tests are available for more than 100,000 pupils across 160 cities, organized by grade and region. — related
• Daily speed drills produced an 18.7% relative gain in silent reading speed among grade 4-6 pupils without injuriously affecting quality of reproduction — related
• Comprehension (ideas recalled) shows very little difference across slow, normal, and rapid silent reading rates — related