Quantifying the decoding difficulty (i.e., 'decodability') of text is important for accurately matching young readers to appropriate text and scaffolding reading development. Since no easily accessible, quantitative, word-level metric of decodability exists, we developed a decoding measure (DM) that can be calculated via a web-based scoring…

As readers struggle to coordinate various reading- and language-related skills during oral reading fluency (ORF), miscues can emerge, especially when processing complex texts. Following a miscue, students often self-correct as a strategy to potentially restore ORF and online linguistic comprehension. Executive functions (EF) are hypothesized to…

Concludes that a higher incidence of oral reading errors is associated with close proximity to unknown words. (RB)

The miscues of 22 blind braille readers ages 6-21 were analyzed using Goodman's Reading Miscue Inventory, and compared to those reported for sighted readers. Results revealed greater similarities than differences. For example, print and braille readers had approximately the same proportion of miscues in substitutions, omissions, and insertions.…

An acquisition model of decoding is proposed to explain the kinds of errors children make as they try to read. (Author)

Discusses the basic precepts of the Reading Miscue Inventory as an evaluation of oral reading. (TO)

A child faced with an unknown word in oral reading or oral language has available a number of potential cues, including syntactic and semantic features. His errors may reveal strategies based on the use of some but not all cues. In order to assess the similarity of responses to oral reading and oral language, 75 children in grades 1-3 were…

The relationship between the reflection-impulsivity dimension, a dimension of cognitive style, and selected aspects of oral reading behavior was investigated in this study. Fifteen impulsive and fifteen reflective average readers were selected from a population of 109 second graders. Measures of intelligence and reading comprehension were…

Analyzes possible reasons for decoding errors. (MKM)

Presented in this partially annotated bibliography are 154 reports of research concerning the analysis of oral reading miscues or errors, including dissertations, journal articles, books, final reports of federal research projects, and presentations to professional organizations. It was compiled by researchers at the University of Kansas by…

Analysis and comparison of the decoding strategies of 50 Hawaiian Islands dialect speakers in grades four, five, and six showed statistically significant differences in the strategies used by average and below-average readers in each grade and across succeeding grade levels. (JM)

Test results show that children who are skilled comprehenders are more rapid at oral word decoding than are less skilled comprehenders. (Author/DEP)

Reveals statistically significant differences in the oral reading strategies employed by average and below average readers in each grade, and across succeeding grade levels. (Author)

This article discusses ways of analyzing errors made in oral reading; interpreting mistakes in the correct way enables the teacher to understand why the reader is making them and to help overcome the reading difficulties they indicate. (JD)