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Read, Kirsten; Macauley, Megan; Furay, Erin – First Language, 2014
This study examines the potential benefits of rhyme on young children's word retention during shared reading. In two experiments, 2- to 4-year-old children heard their parent read either a rhymed or non-rhymed version of the same animal story, and were then tested on how many animal names they subsequently recognized from the story in Experiment 1…
Descriptors: Rhyme, Retention (Psychology), Word Recognition, Reading Instruction
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Rayner, Keith; Slattery, Timothy J.; Drieghe, Denis; Liversedge, Simon P. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2011
Eye movements were monitored as subjects read sentences containing high- or low-predictable target words. The extent to which target words were predictable from prior context was varied: Half of the target words were predictable, and the other half were unpredictable. In addition, the length of the target word varied: The target words were short…
Descriptors: Sentences, Eye Movements, Word Recognition, Human Body