Entry Exam Category: Graduate & Professional Program Admission Exams
Course: Praxis
Exam: Praxis 5002 Reading Practice Questions
Practice Question
Which of the following statements best explains the effect fluency has on reading comprehension?
Answer Choices
- A: Once a student has mastered fluency, the student can easily comprehend a text.
- B: Fluency takes the focus off of decoding and allows the student to comprehend meaning in a text.
- C: Fluency decreases for students reading texts below reading level, which affects reading comprehension.
- D: Assessing a student's fluency while reading a text will also reveal the student's reading comprehension level.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Fluency frees cognition for meaning. Mastery not sole for comprehension. Fluency increases on easy texts. Fluency assesses processing, not comprehension directly.