At a Loss for Words: What's Wrong with How Schools Teach Reading
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The Importance of Context in Reading
In the queuing theory of how reading works, when a child comes to a word she doesn't know. Marie Clay and Ken Goodman were trying to understand what goes on in people's minds as they read. They couldn't actually get inside anyone's head, so they observed people as they read out loud. The theories they developed were good guesses based on what it seems like people are doing when they read. It turns out skilled reading doesn't quite work the way they thought.
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