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words per minute [′wərdz pər ′min·ət] (communications) A measure of the speed with which messages can be transmitted by a telegraph system. Abbreviated WPM. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Students who were reading 50 words per minute in January 2004 had rocketed up to 100 words per minute 10 weeks after officials there handed over the handhelds loaded with software to the second- and third-grade classrooms. The mean fluency rates for students in the Book and Typed conditions could have meaningful interpretations, given that previous research found a minimum reading fluency rate of approximately 50 words per minute to be necessary for comprehension to occur (Burns et al. To top it off, kids love seeing their scores, calculated as words per minute, and they, too, take ownership of their proficiency. |
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