When preview information starts to matter: Development of the perceptual span in German beginning readers
Autor: | Anja Sperlich, Daniel J. Schad, Jochen Laubrock |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Cognitive Psychology. 27:511-530 |
ISSN: | 2044-592X 2044-5911 |
Popis: | How is reading development reflected in eye-movement measures? How does the perceptual span change during the initial years of reading instruction? Does parafoveal processing require competence in basic word-decoding processes? We report data from the first cross-sectional measurement of the perceptual span of German beginning readers (n = 139), collected in the context of the large longitudinal PIER (Potsdamer Intrapersonale Entwicklungsrisiken/Potsdam study of intra-personal developmental risk factors) study of intrapersonal developmental risk factors. Using the moving-window paradigm, eye movements of three groups of students (Grades 1–3) were measured with gaze-contingent presentation of a variable amount of text around fixation. Reading rate increased from Grades 1–3, with smaller increases for higher grades. Perceptual-span results showed the expected main effects of grade and window size: fixation durations and refixation probability decreased with grade and window size, whereas reading rate and sa... |
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