Fluency instruction has had limited effects on reading comprehension relative to reading rate and prosodic reading (Dowhower, 1987; Herman, 1985; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000a). More specific components (i.e., error detection) of comprehension may yield larger effects through exposure to a wider range of materials than repeated readings (Kuhn, 2005b). Thirty-three students reading below college level were randomly assigned to a Repeated Readings (RR), a Wide Reading (WR), or a Vocabulary Study (VS) condition and received training in 9 sessions of 30 minutes in a Southeast community college. RR students read an instructional-level text consecutively four times before answering comprehension questions about it; WR students read four instructional-level texts each once and answered questions while the VS group studied and took a quiz on academic vocabulary. An additional 13 students reading at college level provided comparison data. At pretest, all participants completed the Nelson Denny Reading Test, Test of Word Reading Efficiency, Error Detection task (Albrecht & O'Brien, 1993), working memory test, Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI; Mokhtari & Reichard, 2002), a maze test, Author Recognition Test (ART), and reading survey. All pretest measures except for the ART and reading surveys were re-administered at posttest to training groups. Paired-samples t-test analyses revealed (a) significant gains for the WR condition in vocabulary (p = .043), silent reading rate (p < .05), maze (p < .05) and working memory (p < .05) (b) significant gains for the RR students in silent reading rate (p = .05) and maze (p = .006) and (c) significant increases on vocabulary (p < .05), maze (p = .005), and MARSI (p < .005) for the VS group at posttest. Unreliable patterns of error detection were observed for all groups at pretest and post-test. Results suggest that effects of fluency instruction be sought at the local level processes of reading using the maze test, which reliably detected reading improvements from fluency instruction (RR, WR) and vocabulary study (VS) in only 9 sessions. With significant gains on more reading measures, the WR condition appears superior to the RR condition as a fluency program for struggling college readers. Combining the WR condition with vocabulary study may augment students’ gains.

Reading is an essential skill for students with physical disabilities which opens up opportunities in many areas of an individual’s life including the acquisition of knowledge, the ability to read for enjoyment, and the chances of gaining employment. Students with physical disabilities often do not read fluently; however, there is a lack of research on instructional methods to address reading fluency with this population. Methodologies used with students who have physical disabilities are often borrowed from other populations (e.g., the use of repeated readings to increase fluency with students with learning disabilities). Additionally, advances in technology suggest the possible use of computers to model reading. This study employed a changing criterion design to examine the use of a treatment package consisting of repeated readings, computer modeling, error correction, and performance feedback on improving reading fluency with students with cerebral palsy. The areas of reading comprehension and accuracy were also examined. An analysis of the data demonstrated that all students were able to increase reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension from first to final readings within a session (positive nontransfer effects). Analysis of the percentage of nonoverlapping data revealed that three of the four students also showed slight increases in reading fluency on novel passages (positive transfer effects). Although the results of this study indicated that the treatment package was effective with students who have physical disabilities, more research is needed to examine individual components of the treatment package and to evaluate the use of such methods over a lengthier period of time.

The aim of this work is to take the methodology developed by Ernest Cowell, and further refined by James R. Royse, of cataloging singular readings of Greek scribes and seek to apply it to Coptic scribes. This study focuses on the text of John found in P. Mich Inv. 3521 and the singular readings of that manuscript. In order to have a basis of comparison, singular readings from two other Coptic versions of John are cataloged as well.1 In total 1619 singular readings have been identified in the three manuscripts. Following Colwell and Royse, the readings have been further divided into orthographic, sensible and nonsense readings. The sensible and nonsense readings have been further divided and categorized into additions, omissions, substitutions, transpositions and verbal prefixes. All of these entries are then noted in the accompanying database with appropriate commentary so that the reader may format and use the information in a variety of ways. In addition to the database, detailed commentary has been provided on the singular readings of P. Mich. Inv. 3521 with the following conclusions: Like Greek scribes, Coptic scribes are more likely to omit something than to add something; The category of "transpositions as corrected leaps" which James Royse found useful in his work, has proved unhelpful when dealing with this papyrus; and finally some preliminary analysis about the scribe of P. Mich. Inv. 351 is given. 1 Elinor Husselman, The Gospel of John in Fayumic Coptic (P. Mich. Inv. 3521), The University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Studies (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1962); Rodolphe Kasser, Papyrus Bodmer III: Évangile de Jean et Genèse I-IV, 2 en Bohaïrique (Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, 1958); Herbert Thompson, The Gospel of St. John According to the Earliest Coptic Manuscript (London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1924).

Esta dissertação apresenta um estudo das práticas de leituras de jovens inscritos em comunidades de leitores do livro O Senhor dos Anéis, do autor inglês John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Busca compreender os significados assumidos por estas práticas, compreendidas como experiências inscritas numa rede de práticas culturais e sociais que lhes dão sentido. Leituras intensivas, extensivas, solitárias, socializadas, construção de sites, escritas de textos, publicação de livros, divulgação das escritas pela internet, jogos de RPG, e uma série de outras práticas fazem parte das vivências culturais, de lazer e sociabilidades, de jovens leitores d’O Senhor dos Anéis. Inscritos nas culturas juvenis de seu tempo, esses jovens participam de redes grupais onde afirmam suas identidades, condição essa que se refere a uma escolha e a modos de vida, muito mais que a uma condição biológica. Para a realização da pesquisa foram entrevistados quinze jovens de idades entre dezenove e vinte e nove anos, participantes de comunidades de leitores d’O Senhor dos Anéis, buscando compreender suas trajetórias e práticas de leitura, investigar o modo como conheceram as obras de Tolkien e o que os levou até elas, perscrutar as produções culturais que advém dessas práticas e as sociabilidades produzidas.As entrevistas individuais constituíram o corpus empírico da investigação, acrescido de pesquisas na internet, diário de campo, documentos virtuais e iconográficos da órbita dessas comunidades. O estudo apóia-se nos referenciais teóricos apresentados por Roger Chartier, especialmente para as questões relativas às práticas de leitura e escrita de comunidades de leitores. Relativamente às juventudes e às culturas juvenis, autores como Alberto Melucci José Machado Pais e Paulo César Rodrigues Carrano foram fundamentais. No entrecruzamento dos autores citados, com as reflexões pessoais e com todo material recolhido, foi possível perceber as construções realizadas pelos jovens leitores d’O Senhor dos Anéis. Construções de saberes, de práticas culturais para além da simples leitura e/ou escrita. Nos tempos de lazer, em que os jovens compartilham suas experiências de ou a partir das leituras, eles produzem culturas juvenis. Constroem sites para melhor socializar suas práticas e divulgar seus gostos literários e suas próprias produções. Escrevem livros baseados nas suas leituras e palestram sobre eles levando-os a outros leitores quecompartilham dos mesmos gostos, dos mesmos códigos e das mesmas estratégias de interpretação do livro que os une em redes grupais e em comunidades de leitores. / Intensive, extensive, solitary, socialized readings; sites construction; written of texts; publication of books; popularization of the writings through internet, RPG games and a series of other practices are part of the existence cultural, of leisure and sociabilities by the youth readers of The Lord of the Rings. Enrolled in the youthful cultures of their times, this youths are inserted into group nets where they affirm their identities, condition that refers to a choice and way of life much more than a biological condition. To the accomplishment of the research it were interviewed fifteen youths of ages between nineteen and twenty-nine years, participants of readers' communities to The Lord of the Rings, searching to understand its trajectories and practices of reading, to investigate the way as they had known the works of Tolkien and what took them until them, to analyze the cultural productions that comes of these practicals and the sociabilities produced. The individual interviews constituted the empiric corpus of the investigation, increased of researches in internet, journal, virtual and iconography documents of those communities' orbit. The study is supported by the theoretical references introduced by Roger Chartier, especially for the subjects about the reading and writing practices to the interpretative communities. Relatively to the youths and the youthful cultures, authors as Alberto Melucci José Machado Pais and Paulo César Rodrigues Carrano were fundamental. In the crossing to the authors’ mentioned, with the personal reflections and with every picked up material, it was possible to notice the constructions accomplished by the youths readers of The Lord of the Rings. Knowledge and cultural practices constructions, for besides the simple reading and written. In times of leisure, that the youths share your experiences of or since their readings, they produce youthful cultures. They build sites for socialize better your practices and to publish your literary tastes and your own productions.They write books based on your readings and lectured on them taking them to other readers that share the same tastes, the same codes and the same strategies of interpretation to the book that associated them in nets groups and in interpretative communities.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / As histórias em quadrinhos são um gênero narrativo que, nos últimos anos, alcançou enorme espaço. Este trabalho aborda, primeiramente, o problema da linguagem dos quadrinhos, a partir de sua articulação híbrida entre texto e imagem. Posteriormente, apresentamos alguns elementos que constituem a estética dos quadrinhos. Estudamos também as estruturas mitológicas imanentes ao gênero super-herói para desenvolver uma história arquetípica das histórias em quadrinhos. Assim, o problema dos arquétipos é abordado de forma mais abrangente, associada a conceitos filosóficos, propriamente narrativos e históricos com relação ao objeto de arte história em quadrinhos. Por último, fazemos uma análise de um caso particular, demonstrando como um arquétipo é trabalhado nesse gênero narrativo / The comic books are a narrative genre which in the last years have reached a wide repercussion. At first, this work approaches the comics language problem from its hybrid articulation between text and image. Later, we present some elements that may constitute the comics aesthetics. We also discuss the mythological structures immanent from the super hero genre, this discussion is undertaken in order to develop archetypical history of comic books. The archetypical issue is approached in a broad way, while relating with philosophical, properly narrative and historical concepts, as well as relating with the comic book as an object of art. At last, we venture the analysis of a particular case, demonstrating how an archetype is worked in this narrative genre

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Esta dissertação apresenta um estudo das práticas de leituras de jovens inscritos em comunidades de leitores do livro O Senhor dos Anéis, do autor inglês John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Busca compreender os significados assumidos por estas práticas, compreendidas como experiências inscritas numa rede de práticas culturais e sociais que lhes dão sentido. Leituras intensivas, extensivas, solitárias, socializadas, construção de sites, escritas de textos, publicação de livros, divulgação das escritas pela internet, jogos de RPG, e uma série de outras práticas fazem parte das vivências culturais, de lazer e sociabilidades, de jovens leitores d’O Senhor dos Anéis. Inscritos nas culturas juvenis de seu tempo, esses jovens participam de redes grupais onde afirmam suas identidades, condição essa que se refere a uma escolha e a modos de vida, muito mais que a uma condição biológica. Para a realização da pesquisa foram entrevistados quinze jovens de idades entre dezenove e vinte e nove anos, participantes de comunidades de leitores d’O Senhor dos Anéis, buscando compreender suas trajetórias e práticas de leitura, investigar o modo como conheceram as obras de Tolkien e o que os levou até elas, perscrutar as produções culturais que advém dessas práticas e as sociabilidades produzidas.As entrevistas individuais constituíram o corpus empírico da investigação, acrescido de pesquisas na internet, diário de campo, documentos virtuais e iconográficos da órbita dessas comunidades. O estudo apóia-se nos referenciais teóricos apresentados por Roger Chartier, especialmente para as questões relativas às práticas de leitura e escrita de comunidades de leitores. Relativamente às juventudes e às culturas juvenis, autores como Alberto Melucci José Machado Pais e Paulo César Rodrigues Carrano foram fundamentais. No entrecruzamento dos autores citados, com as reflexões pessoais e com todo material recolhido, foi possível perceber as construções realizadas pelos jovens leitores d’O Senhor dos Anéis. Construções de saberes, de práticas culturais para além da simples leitura e/ou escrita. Nos tempos de lazer, em que os jovens compartilham suas experiências de ou a partir das leituras, eles produzem culturas juvenis. Constroem sites para melhor socializar suas práticas e divulgar seus gostos literários e suas próprias produções. Escrevem livros baseados nas suas leituras e palestram sobre eles levando-os a outros leitores quecompartilham dos mesmos gostos, dos mesmos códigos e das mesmas estratégias de interpretação do livro que os une em redes grupais e em comunidades de leitores. / Intensive, extensive, solitary, socialized readings; sites construction; written of texts; publication of books; popularization of the writings through internet, RPG games and a series of other practices are part of the existence cultural, of leisure and sociabilities by the youth readers of The Lord of the Rings. Enrolled in the youthful cultures of their times, this youths are inserted into group nets where they affirm their identities, condition that refers to a choice and way of life much more than a biological condition. To the accomplishment of the research it were interviewed fifteen youths of ages between nineteen and twenty-nine years, participants of readers' communities to The Lord of the Rings, searching to understand its trajectories and practices of reading, to investigate the way as they had known the works of Tolkien and what took them until them, to analyze the cultural productions that comes of these practicals and the sociabilities produced. The individual interviews constituted the empiric corpus of the investigation, increased of researches in internet, journal, virtual and iconography documents of those communities' orbit. The study is supported by the theoretical references introduced by Roger Chartier, especially for the subjects about the reading and writing practices to the interpretative communities. Relatively to the youths and the youthful cultures, authors as Alberto Melucci José Machado Pais and Paulo César Rodrigues Carrano were fundamental. In the crossing to the authors’ mentioned, with the personal reflections and with every picked up material, it was possible to notice the constructions accomplished by the youths readers of The Lord of the Rings. Knowledge and cultural practices constructions, for besides the simple reading and written. In times of leisure, that the youths share your experiences of or since their readings, they produce youthful cultures. They build sites for socialize better your practices and to publish your literary tastes and your own productions.They write books based on your readings and lectured on them taking them to other readers that share the same tastes, the same codes and the same strategies of interpretation to the book that associated them in nets groups and in interpretative communities.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / As histórias em quadrinhos são um gênero narrativo que, nos últimos anos, alcançou enorme espaço. Este trabalho aborda, primeiramente, o problema da linguagem dos quadrinhos, a partir de sua articulação híbrida entre texto e imagem. Posteriormente, apresentamos alguns elementos que constituem a estética dos quadrinhos. Estudamos também as estruturas mitológicas imanentes ao gênero super-herói para desenvolver uma história arquetípica das histórias em quadrinhos. Assim, o problema dos arquétipos é abordado de forma mais abrangente, associada a conceitos filosóficos, propriamente narrativos e históricos com relação ao objeto de arte história em quadrinhos. Por último, fazemos uma análise de um caso particular, demonstrando como um arquétipo é trabalhado nesse gênero narrativo / The comic books are a narrative genre which in the last years have reached a wide repercussion. At first, this work approaches the comics language problem from its hybrid articulation between text and image. Later, we present some elements that may constitute the comics aesthetics. We also discuss the mythological structures immanent from the super hero genre, this discussion is undertaken in order to develop archetypical history of comic books. The archetypical issue is approached in a broad way, while relating with philosophical, properly narrative and historical concepts, as well as relating with the comic book as an object of art. At last, we venture the analysis of a particular case, demonstrating how an archetype is worked in this narrative genre

Este trabalho tem origem na inquietação teórica desde a perspectiva do projeto, isto é, desde quem está na posição de, por assim dizer, produzi-lo, atendendo à cadeia de decisões e operações que lhe dão origem. Apoia-se no princípio de que estética constitui reflexão filosófica tanto quanto reflexão empírica de maneira indissociável e complementar. Investiga conceitos que giram em torno de valores, contemporâneos ou não, de estética, de arte, de literatura, e de outras áreas do conhecimento aplicados à arquitetura. Paralelamente, examina obras em sua maioria brasileira e pertencente ao que se acostumou a chamar de movimento moderno; entretanto, inclui significativas exceções ao grupo escolhido. Evitando reduzir as obras em enquadramentos, assim como as ideias em programas fechados, insiste na singularidade e na multiplicidade de cada uma delas para estabelecer uma estrutura em que os capítulos resultam entrelaçados de tal modo que as lições dialogam entre si e as análises constroem pontes entre as obras e entre arquitetos e outros profissionais, delimitando o que é e deve ser a arquitetura. Desse modo, propõe cinco lições fundadas na arquitetura, condicionadas por leituras desenvolvidas a partir de poéticas - construções de linguagens amparadas no campo do fazer -; essencialmente positivas, mas envolvidas na ideia precípua da simultaneidade, e não da linearidade; reiterando permanências, bem como sugerindo a possibilidade de novos pontos de vista para o debate contemporâneo. / This dissertation has its origins in the uneasy relationship with theory that arises in a project, that is, from the perspective of one who is in a position to produce it, so to speak, taking into account the chain of decisions and operations that give rise to it. It relies on the principle that aesthetics is as much a philosophical reflection as it is an empirical contemplation, both inseparable and complementary. It investigates concepts that revolve around the values, contemporary or not, of aesthetics, art, literature, and other fields of knowledge applied to architecture. At the same time, it examines mostly Brazilian architectural works that belong to what has come to be called the modern movement. It does, however, include some significant exceptions. Having avoided their compartmentalization, as well as the disconnection of ideas, it stresses the uniqueness and multiplicity of each work in order to establish a framework in which the chapters are weaved together, allowing the lessons to interact with each other and the analysis to build bridges between works and between architects and other professionals, as well as defining what architecture is and should be. Here are five lessons based on architecture, shaped by readings inspired by poetics - constructions of language based on doing - which are mainly positive, but still concerned with the primary idea of simultaneity, not linearity; reconfirming permanence, as well as suggesting the possibility of new points of view in contemporary debate.

Although a textual relationship between Arabic Muslim texts and their rendition through Swahili epic poems (tendi) is acknowledged in Swahili poetry studies, “translation” is not a straightforward explanation of this relationship. Furthermore, Swahili narrative poems on the prophets (manabii), mostly created at the end of the 19th century, have seldom been considered in textual relation to the Qiṣaṣ al-Anbiyā’ literature or to the Qur’ān. Thus, important questions have not been asked: How did the Arabic stories of the prophets arrive on the Swahili coast? How did poets appropriate these stories and forge them into a new narrative discourse? In this paper, I focus on tafsiri as a form of appropriation and adaptation, applying Gérard Genette’s concept of “palimpsest” to analyse the textual relationship between Arabic Muslim and Swahili literary texts. This will allow me, through a close reading of these texts and consideration of both language and genre, to identify the palimpsestuous presence or rather copresence of Arabic source texts within Swahili works. Ultimately, this method offers a model for future philologies of world literature.