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University of Memphis

EducationMemphis, Tennessee, United States
About: University of Memphis is a education organization based out in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 7710 authors who have published 20082 publications receiving 611618 citations. The organization is also known as: U of M.


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TL;DR: The authors identify components of language, discourse, and cognition that underlie traditional automated metrics of text difficulty and their new Coh-Metrix system analyzes texts on multiple measures of language and discourse that are aligned with multilevel theoretical frameworks of comprehension.
Abstract: Computer analyses of text characteristics are often used by reading teachers, researchers, and policy makers when selecting texts for students. The authors of this article identify components of language, discourse, and cognition that underlie traditional automated metrics of text difficulty and their new Coh-Metrix system. Coh-Metrix analyzes texts on multiple measures of language and discourse that are aligned with multilevel theoretical frameworks of comprehension. The authors discuss five major factors that account for most of the variance in texts across grade levels and text categories: word concreteness, syntactic simplicity, referential cohesion, causal cohesion, and narrativity. They consider the importance of both quantitative and qualitative characteristics of texts for assigning the right text to the right student at the right time.

488 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examined four major definitions of reading fluency and their relationship to accuracy, automaticity, and prosody, and proposed a new definition of fluency, which is based on the theoretical perspectives surrounding automaticity.
Abstract: Over the past decade, fluent reading has come to be seen as a central component of skilled reading and a driving force in the literacy curriculum. However, much of this focus has centered on a relatively narrow definition of reading fluency, one that emphasizes automatic word recognition. This article attempts to expand this understanding by synthesizing several key aspects of research on reading fluency, including theoretical perspectives surrounding automaticity and prosody. It examines four major definitions of reading fluency and their relationship to accuracy, automaticity, and prosody. A proposed definition is presented. Finally, the implications of these definitions for current assessment and instruction are considered along with suggestions for reenvisioning fluency's role within literacy curriculum. عبر العقد الماضي أصبحت مرونة القراءة عنصرا محوريا لمهارة القراءة والقوة القائدة في المنهاج الدراسي المتعلق بمعرفة القراءة والكتابة. ومع ذلك تمحور كثيرا من هذا التركيز على تعريف ضيق نسبيا لدى المرونة القرائية وهو الذي يشدد على التعريف التلقائي على الكلمة. لذا تحاول هذه المقالة إلى توسيع هذا الفهم من خلال تضافر بضعة مظاهر رئيسية من الأبحاث المتعلقة بمرونة القراءة بما فيها أبعاد نظرية حول التلقائية والنثرية. وتفحص المقالة أربعة تعاريف رئيسية لمرونة القراءة وعلاقتها بالدقة والتلقائية والنثرية. ولقد تم تقديم تعريف محتمل وأخيرا يتم الأخذ بعين الاعتبار عواقب هذه التعاريف للتقييم والتعليم بالإضافة إلى إعادة النظر في دور المرونة في منهاج معرفة القراءة والكتابة الدراسي. 在过去十年期间,阅读流畅已被视为熟练阅读的主要部分,亦是读写能力课程的一种驱动力。然而,这种看法大部分聚焦于一个较为狭隘的阅读流畅定义上,只强调自动化识别单字。本文尝试综合处理有关阅读流畅研究的几个主要方面,包括与自动化程度及音韵表达相关的理论观点,藉以增加对阅读流畅的认识。本文检视四个主要的阅读流畅定义,及其与准确性、自动化程度、音韵表达之间的关系,并提出一个较为广阔的阅读流畅定义。最后,本文考量这些定义给目前的评估与教学带来的启示,以及建议重新展望阅读流畅在读写课程中所扮演的角色。 Au cours des dix dernieres annees, la lecture courante est devenue une composante centrale du savoir lire et une locomotive dans les programmes de litteratie. Cependant, une large part de cet interet s'est centre sur une definition relativement etroite de la lecture courante, celle qui met l'accent sur la reconnaissance automatique des mots. Cet article se propose d'elargir cette comprehension en faisant la synthese d'aspects majeurs des recherches relatifs a la lecture courante, notamment des perspectives theoriques concernant l'automaticite, et de la prosodie. Nous proposons une definition alternative. Nous considerons enfin les implications de ces definitions pour l'enseignement et l'evaluation actuels ainsi que des suggestions en vue d'un reexamen du role de la lecture courante dans les programmes de litteratie. За последнее десятилетие беглость стала основным критерием качества чтения и краеугольным камнем учебных программ по становлению грамотности. Однако само представление о беглости зачастую выглядит достаточно однобоко: упор делается исключительно на автоматическое опознавание слов. Авторы статьи пытаются расширить это представление, синтезировав ключевые аспекты беглости, фигурирующие в различных исследованиях и теоретических работах. Авторы рассматривают четыре существующих определения беглого чтения и их связь с точностью, автоматизмом и просодией и предлагают свое, синтезированное определение. Затем обсуждается значение этих определений для подхода к обучению и оцениванию и предлагается пересмотреть роль такого параметра, как беглость чтения, в программах по развитию грамотности. En los ultimos diez anos, leer con fluidez se ha convertido en un componente central de la lectura habil y una fuerza principal del curriculo de alfabetizacion. Sin embargo, gran parte de este esfuerzo se ha enfocado en una definicion muy restringida de la fluidez al leer: reconocer palabras automaticamente. Este articulo trata de expandir este entendimiento juntando varios aspectos claves de la investigacion sobre la fluidez al leer, entre ellos perspectivas teoricas sobre la automaticidad y la prosodia. Se examinan cuatro definiciones fundamentales de la fluidez al leer y su relacion a la precision, la automaticidad, y la prosodia. Se sugiere una definicion. Por ultimo, se consideran las implicaciones de estas definiciones para la evaluacion y la instruccion hoy dia y se hacen sugerencias para volver a pensar sobre el rol de la fluidez en el curriculo de alfabetizacion.

487 citations

Book
01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: This paper performed a systematic analysis of racial prejudice in China, a complex and sensitive subject that has been almost completely ignored by Chinese and Western scholars, and they found that racial prejudice is highly correlated with economic inequality.
Abstract: This is the first systematic analysis of racial prejudice in China, a complex and sensitive subject that has been almost completely ignored by Chinese and Western scholars.

482 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of equity ownership structure on corporate risk taking was examined in an agency context, and the authors found that the nature of a firm's risk-taking behavior can significantly affect corporate performance.
Abstract: The nature of a firm's risk-taking behavior can significantly affect corporate performance. In an agency context, we examined the influence of equity ownership structure upon corporate risk taking....

481 citations

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TL;DR: The distance constraints obtained for lysine residues using various cross-linkers should be valuable in assisting the determination of the 3-D structure of BSA.

478 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
James F. Sallis169825144836
Robert G. Webster15884390776
Ching-Hon Pui14580572146
James Whelan12878689180
Tom Baranowski10348536327
Peter C. Doherty10151640162
Jian Chen96171852917
Arthur C. Graesser9561438549
David Richards9557847107
Jianhong Wu9372636427
Richard W. Compans9152631576
Shiriki K. Kumanyika9034944959
Alexander J. Blake89113335746
Marek Czosnyka8874729117
David M. Murray8630021500
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202327
2022169
20211,049
20201,044
2019843
2018846