Slow and fast adult readers in text comprehension |
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Authors: | Marie -France Ehrlich Hubert Tardieu |
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Affiliation: | 1. E.P.H.E. and C.N.R.S., Paris, France 2. Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive de la Communication, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 3ème Section, 28 Rue Serpente, 75006, Paris, France
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Abstract: | Reading speed is a component of reading ability tests designed to separate «good» and «poor» readers. The purpose of the two experiments reported in this paper were to study whether slow and fast adult readers differ in terms of the subprocesses involved in textual organization. For this, two variables were manipulated: title and type of text. Subjects were classified as slow and fast readers based on the median value of the distribution of reading times on a preliminary text. Data clearly show that reading speed is a reliable individual characteristic. In Experiment 1, the recall performance of slow and fast readers did not differ. No interaction between reading speed and the title and type of text variables were observed. In Experiment 2, these results were replicated and extended to a summary test. So, it appears that slow and fast readers do not process textual organization in a different way and show identical comprehension performances. Further research is necessary to identify those factors that characterize good comprehenders among slow and fast readers. |
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