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Developing normal reading skills: aspects of the visual processes underlying word recognition.

V Aghababian1, T A Nazir

  • 1Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de la Timone, Marseille, France.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
|May 2, 2000
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Children develop fundamental visual word recognition skills early in reading instruction. Key effects like viewing position and visual field asymmetries emerge by first grade, with word familiarity recognized by second grade.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology

Background:

  • Skilled readers exhibit a 'viewing position effect' in visual word recognition.
  • Understanding the early development of these reading mechanisms is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the emergence of visual word recognition effects in beginning readers.
  • To compare early reading skills with those of skilled adult readers.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized an experimental technique to elicit the 'viewing position effect'.
  • Assessed visual word recognition performance in first through fifth graders.
  • Examined visual field asymmetries and word familiarity effects.

Main Results:

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  • The 'viewing position effect' emerged by the end of the first year of reading instruction.
  • Visual field asymmetries were observed from first grade.
  • Word familiarity effects were evident by second grade.
  • A persistent word-length effect was noted in children compared to skilled readers.

Conclusions:

  • Basic visual word recognition skills are acquired very early in reading acquisition.
  • Further reading experience primarily enhances processing speed rather than qualitative skills.