ABSTRACT
In this chapter I will contrast the approach in my research into children who were already reading with fluency, understanding and enjoyment when they started school at 5 years of age with an earlier research, a longitudinal community study of children with reading difficulties. The focus will be on what we can learn from children who succeed. My aim in comparing these two studies is to illustrate the importance of choosing a plan for research to fit the aims. So often students appear to believe that the larger the sample, the better the research. Finally, I will compare my research on young fluent readers with a more recent study, which the authors claim was inspired by my research.
