FOR-PD Interview with Dr. Timothy Rasinski

Introduction: Dr. Tim Rasinski is a professor of education in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University. Dr. Rasinski's major interests include working with children who find reading difficult, phonics and reading fluency instruction, and teacher development in literacy education. He has published many articles and has written several books on various aspects of reading education. FOR-PD interviewed Dr. Tim Rasinski on fluency, its impact on reading comprehension, and how to assist secondary students that struggle with fluency.

Interview Instructions:  The interview has been provided in both text and audio formats.  Click on Text under each heading to read the part of the interview that it corresponds with, or Audio to hear the same part of the interview.  The Audio is in MP3 format and the length and size is listed next to the link.   If you wish to download the entire interview in PDF format see the link under the headings.

• Summary of My Background
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 2 min 30 sec, 2.29 MB)
   
• Fluency and Comprehension
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 3 min 53 sec, 3.56 MB)
   
• Comprehensive Approach to Skilled Readers
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 5 min 17 sec, 4.84 MB)
   
• Improving Fluency at the Secondary Level
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 9 min 37 sec, 8.81 MB)
   
• Message to Teachers
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 4 min 50 sec, 4.42 MB)
   

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