Editing Automaticity (section)

==In reading==
LaBerge and Samuels (1974) helped explain how reading fluency develops.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/68 |title=Comprehension Instruction: What Works |author=Michael Pressley |accessdate=2008-03-15 |publisher=ReadingRockets}}</ref> Automaticity refers to knowing how to perform some arbitrary task at a competent level without requiring conscious effort — ''i.e.'', it is a form of [[unconscious competence]].

Moreover, if the student is automatic or is "a skilled reader, multiple tasks are being performed at the same time, such as decoding the words, comprehending the information, relating the information to prior knowledge of the subject matter, making inferences, and evaluating the information's usefulness to a report he or she is writing".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Samuels |first1=S. Jay |last2=Flor |first2=Richard F. |year=1997 |title=The importance of automaticity for developing expertise in reading |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/1057356970130202 |url-access=subscription |journal=Reading & Writing Quarterly |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=107–121  |doi=10.1080/1057356970130202 }}</ref> It is essential to understand automaticity and how it is achieved to better a student's performance. This is important for teachers because automaticity should be focused on in the early years to ensure higher level reading skills in adolescence.