Caret confused with other chevron-shaped characters, such as or , which may occasionally be called carets, too. The caret was originally and continues to be used in handwritten form as a proofreading mark to indicate where a punctuation mark, word, or phrase should be inserted into a document. The term comes from the Latin , "it lacks", from , "to lack; to be separated from; to be free from". The caret symbol is written below the line of text for a line-level punctuation mark, such as a comma, or above the line as an inverted caret (cf. ) for a higher
Reading education in the United States various speed-reading techniques. However, speed reading does not guarantee comprehension or retention of what was read. Readability indicates the ease of understanding or comprehension due to the style of writing. Reading recovery is a method for helping students learn to read. In colonial times, reading instruction was simple and straightforward: teach children the code and then let them read. At that time, reading material was not specially written for children but consisted primarily of the Bible and some patriotic essays; the most influential early textbook was "The New England Primer," published late 1680s. There was little consideration for how best