Psychological Development and Education ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3): 391-399.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2026.03.09

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The Role of Character Recognition and Rapid Naming on Reading Fluency: Based on Component and Development View

LI Liping1, LUO Li1, WU Xinchun2,3   

  1. 1. Shanxi Experimental Teaching Center of Psychology and Cognitive Behavior, School of Education Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032;
    2. Research Center of Children's Reading and Learning, Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    3. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087
  • Published:2026-05-15

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Abstract: Aiming to explore the role of character recognition and rapid naming on reading fluency, 564 children from 1~4 grades in two primary schools were tested by character recognition, rapid naming and reading fluency in a cross sectional study. At the same time, in order to examine the effect of character recognition and rapid naming on subsequent reading fluency, a four-year longitudinal study was conducted on 116 children. The results were found: (1) Character recognition and rapid naming predicted the concurrent reading fluency significantly; (2) Character recognition in grade 2 and 3 predicted significantly subsequent reading fluency in grade 3 and 4; rapid naming in grade 1, 2 and 3 predicted significantly the subsequent reading fluency in grade2, 3 and 4. This research suggested that character recognition and rapid naming had an important influence on the reading fluency.

Key words: character recognition, rapid naming, reading fluency, reading development

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  • G442
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