A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Individual differences in reading to summarize expository text: Evidence from eye fixation patterns
Authors: Hyona J, Lorch RF, Kaakinen JK
Publisher: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Publication year: 2002
Journal: Journal of Educational Psychology
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Journal acronym: J EDUC PSYCHOL
Volume: 94
Issue: 1
First page : 44
Last page: 55
Number of pages: 12
ISSN: 0022-0663
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-0663.94.1.44
Abstract
Eye fixation patterns were used to identify reading strategies of adults as they read multiple-topic expository texts. A clustering technique distinguished 4 strategies that differed with respect to the ways in which readers reprocessed text. The processing of fast linear readers was characterized by the absence of fixations returning to previous text. Slow linear readers made lots of forward fixations and reinspected each sentence before moving to the next. The reading of nonselective reviewers was characterized by look backs to previous sentences. The distinctive feature of topic structure processors was that they paid close attention to headings. They also had the largest working-memory capacity and wrote the most accurate text summaries. Thus, qualitatively distinct reading strategies are observable among competent, adult readers.
Eye fixation patterns were used to identify reading strategies of adults as they read multiple-topic expository texts. A clustering technique distinguished 4 strategies that differed with respect to the ways in which readers reprocessed text. The processing of fast linear readers was characterized by the absence of fixations returning to previous text. Slow linear readers made lots of forward fixations and reinspected each sentence before moving to the next. The reading of nonselective reviewers was characterized by look backs to previous sentences. The distinctive feature of topic structure processors was that they paid close attention to headings. They also had the largest working-memory capacity and wrote the most accurate text summaries. Thus, qualitatively distinct reading strategies are observable among competent, adult readers.
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