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The Efficacy of "Chunking" Reading Materials. Final Report.

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Carver, Ronald P. – 1968

In a series of three experiments involving 104 individuals, the effect of chunking sentences (the spatial separation of sentences into small groups of meaningfully related words) upon the reading rate and comprehension of mature readers was investigated. Passages and questions from a standardized reading test were displayed via an…

Descriptors: College Students, Language Patterns, Linguistics, Readability

Effect of a "Chunked" Typography on Reading Rate and Comprehension

Carver, Ronald P. – J Appl Psychol, 1970

Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), College Students, Horizontal Organization, Memory

A Computer Model of Reading and Its Implications for Measurement and Research

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Carver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1971

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Computer Oriented Programs, Conceptual Schemes, Information Processing