Fred J. Acquavita
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Inefficient reading habits
Habit of pointing
Physical habits:
Vision
Hearing
Voice and speech control
Body movements showing tension
Position of book, relation to eyes
Body position
Fluency of reading
Word-by-word reading Inadequate phrasing
Habitual repetitions Disregard for punctuation
Attempts to read too fast
Dawdling over reading material
Word recognition/Word analysis
Lack of basic sight vocabulary
Errors on easy words
Failure to use context clues
Ineffective visual analysis of words
Ineffective knowledge of visual, structural, and phonetic elements
Overanalytical:
Analyzes known words
Breaks words into too many parts
Uses a spelling attack
Unable to attack common words
Fails to get word meaning
Comprehension skills
Failure to get main idea
Failure to see important details
Inability to reproduce thought
Inability to make inferences
Inability to skim
Inability to outline
Inability to adjust rate to different
types of comprehensions
Inability to discuss reading
Inability to do elaborate thinking
Inability to organize topics
Lack of sense of paragraph organization
Lack of phrasing ability
Insufficient sentence sense
Insufficient experience to understand reading section
Inability to use index
Lack of skill in use of dictionary
Inability to alphabetize
Reading attitude
An aversion toward reading
Indifference to books (reads only
as directed, not on own)
A short attention span
Easily distracted
Idiosyncrasies in reading
Unnecessary vocalization
Overdependence on marker
Loses place easily
Lip movements in silent reading
Unnatural voice
Irregular eye movements
Head movements
Other types of reading deficiencies
No ear for sound
Omitting portions of sentences
Dependency on others to pronounce words
Poor word recognition of words similar in meaning
Eyestrain, evidenced by frowning, squinting, rubbing eyes
Poor work-study habits
Inability to express or sense feeling
Writing
Expresses himself/herself effectively and correctly in situations requiring written language proficiency
Understands and uses proper grammatical forms
Shows originality in his/her writing
Spells correctly in all of his/her written work
Writes legibly and with good speed
Strategy
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