Word reading fluency: A transfer appropriate processing account
of fluency transfer |
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| Authors: | Sandra Lyn Martin-Chang Betty Ann Levy |
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| Institution: | (1) McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canda;(2) Department of Psychology, Mount Allison University, Crabtree Building, 49A York Street, Sackville, NB, Canada, E4L 1G7 |
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| Abstract: | Word reading fluency, as indexed by the fast and accurate identification of single words, predicts both general reading ability and reading comprehension. This study compared the effects of context training and isolated word training on subsequent measures of word reading fluency. Good and poor readers were given 12 repetitions of two sets of words; 48 new words were learned in each condition. Words were presented in a story during context training and on a computer screen during isolated word training. Target words were read in isolation at test, randomly displayed within a series containing 72 untrained words. Results show that words trained in isolation are remembered longer and read faster when presented in isolation at test compared to words trained in context. Theoretical implications are discussed in relation to transfer appropriate processing. |
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| Keywords: | Contextual facilitation Reading fluency Transfer appropriate processing |
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