The Eyes Have It: Understanding the Cognitive Processes Involved in Silent Reading
Presentation by Dr. Jane Ashby
Struggling readers are slow to identify printed words, yet skilled readers can recognize a word in less than one-quarter of a second. In that time, the mind launches orthographic and phonological processes that accomplish word recognition. How do we do this? This seminar explores key findings from eye movement research that illuminates how word recognition happens during silent reading for meaning.
Participants will learn what readers’ automatic eye movements reveal about questions that are fundamental to assessing and teaching reading. How does reading speed develop? Does phonology play a role in reading quickly or does it interfere with reading quickly? What does it mean to recognize a word by sight? How does orthography and phonology support fast and accurate word reading in adults? Is the process different for children? How do dyslexic readers identify words? Participants will learn how these research findings inform central challenges in reading instruction such as developing reading accuracy and increasing reading fluency. Finally, we will examine behavioral indicators of problems with orthographic and phonological processing that might appear during a reading assessment.
Event Details:
Burlington International Airport
1200 Airport Road, South Burlington, VT
May 19, 2017
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
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