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Peer reviewedSamuels, S. Jay; Dahl, Patricia R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Proposes to test the hypothesis that despite previous negative findings, readers do alter their reading rate according to their purpose and to establish test conditions under which this competence can be exhibited. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: College Students, Difficulty Level, Grade 4, Reading Comprehension
Download full textSamuels, S. Jay; Chen, C. C.
A word recognition model involving four processing stages was used, and tests of various word recognition strategies were administered to 25 fourth graders and 25 college students. The model included the following stages: (1) using information in a passage; (2) generating hypotheses from what the next word might be; (3) testing these hypotheses…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Direct linkMiller-Shaul, Shelley; Breznitz, Zvia – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2004
The authors examined the differences in performance between 30 dyslexic readers in 4th grade, 30 dyslexic readers attending university, and age-matched normal readers for both groups on a lexical decision task to evaluate the underlying factors of dyslexia that persist into adulthood. In both age groups, the dyslexic readers were significantly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Performance Tests, Dyslexia
