[blindkid] reading rates

[Denise Robinson]

To add to what Dave is saying...the students who began early Braille are reading 300 .. To 400 plus words per minute. The readers who began later elem are around 250 and students beginning in high school are around 180 plus words per min....I time them using grade level reading materials... These are timings done at HS school level now
Denise 
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On Mar 23, 2012, at 7:54 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

> To be honest Carol, I don't really remember -- it has been to many years.  I think I was reading for pleasure, but as I say it was over 40 years ago when it was done.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 10:21 AM 3/22/2012, you wrote:
>> Arielle, Heather, Dave, and any other Braille readers out there,
>> 
>> You gave your own reading rates.  What sort of material did you use to measure this?  Did you do a 5-minute test?  Or did you simply time yourself reading an article or something like that?  As I read more and more about this issue and reading rates in general, I see that there are many ways to measure.  For example, if a person is reading for pleasure the rate will be faster than if he/she is reading to learn something.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Carol
>> 
>> Carol Castellano
>> President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
>> Director of Programs
>> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
>> 973-377-0976
>> carol_castellano at verizon.net
>> www.blindchildren.org
>> www.nopbc.org
>> 
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