Fairfax County Public Schools Focuses on Higher Thinking Skills

Throughout the past 40 years, research has shown that there is a strong correlation between oral reading fluency and comprehension. According to Carol Chomsky, well-known researcher and former professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Reading and Language Department, students’ fluency improved while reading along with audio tapes. Her study on assisted, repeated oral readings, was also expanded upon later, indicating that repeated oral readings gave non-fluent readers methods for capturing the essence of the text, therefore improving comprehension....[more]

Multimedia Players

My new 2455AV player will give me and my K-7 classes years of quality service. The two features that I was seeking were: balance control and remote control. The music series that my school division uses contains many split track recordings (pick a tr...[more]

Headsets

Students are able to use the 4100-USB headsets to work on Read 180....[more]