The reading miscue inventory (RMI) considers both the quantity and quality of miscues, or unexpected responses. The teacher can analyze the RMI for the significance of each miscue.
In studying the miscues, the teacher should check for specific items such as the following:
In studying the miscues, the teacher should check for specific items such as the following:
- Is the miscue a result of the reader's dialect? For instance, if a reader says foe for four.
- Does the miscue change the meaning? For instance, if the reader says dismal for dismiss.
- Does the reader self-correct?
- Is the reader using syntactic-clues? For instance, if the reader says run for chase.
- Is the reader using graphic clues? For instance, dogs for dog.
References:
Roe, B. D. , Smith, S. H. & Burns, P. C. (2005) . Teaching Reading in Today's Elementary Schools ( 9th ed.) . New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
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