Fluency-based instruction conducted once per week across 32 weeks resulted in a number of positive outcomes for children. The majority of children completed the intervention curriculum, demonstrated ...

Leland Robertson BA ’19, MA ’21 is a recent graduate of Calvin’s speech pathology master’s program. He shared how his Calvin education, his internship at the Chmela Fluency Center, and his ...

For typically developing readers, fluency—or the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and expression—is often simply a product of practice. Having mastered the letter sounds, decoding rules, and a ...

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...

New research and educator initiatives highlight that children build lasting math fluency when conceptual understanding, purposeful practice, and playful, hands-on learning are integrated. Studies show ...

Mastery of reading requires developing its highly interrelated major component skills: decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. These components are discussed separately below, but they work ...

Fluency instruction is one approach that offers great potential for many students, particularly those who experience difficulty in reading. Modeling fluent reading, providing support and assistance ...

I recently wrote a piece about reading fluency instruction for our special report on early literacy. Sometimes I’m asked how I come up with ideas for articles. And while the majority are based on news ...