A1 Journal article (refereed)
Rapid Coding of Syllable Structure by Dysfluent Developing Readers (2023)
Hintermeier, L., Hautala, J., & Aro, M. (2023). Rapid Coding of Syllable Structure by Dysfluent Developing Readers. Scientific Studies of Reading, 27(6), 493-512. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2023.2203863
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Hintermeier, Lisa; Hautala, Jarkko; Aro, Mikko
Journal or series: Scientific Studies of Reading
ISSN: 1088-8438
eISSN: 1532-799X
Publication year: 2023
Publication date: 25/04/2023
Volume: 27
Issue number: 6
Pages range: 493-512
Publisher: Routledge
Publication country: United States
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2023.2203863
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/86661
Abstract
Method: Eye movements of 142 third and fourth graders were recorded during silent reading of two stories. Reading fluency was assessed separately. For analyses, a data subset containing words of a certain length (6,7,9 letters) and varying syllable number (2,3,4 syllables) was extracted from the data set. Using linear mixed-effects modeling, the effect of the syllable number on various eye-tracking measures across different levels of reading fluency was studied.
Results: Results revealed a statistically significant, impeding number of syllables effect in first fixation duration but non-significant effects in the later reading measures. Furthermore, fluent and dysfluent readers did not differ regarding the number of syllables effect.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that in Finnish developing readers, syllabic parsing is a highly rapid and automatized process, which predominantly takes place during the early holistic orthographic processing of a word, and that qualitatively similar orthographic processing occurs in fluent and dysfluent beginning readers.
Keywords: literacy; reading; readers (role); reading disorders; language development; Finnish language
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- Neo-PRISM-C: NEurodevelopmental Optimal-Predictors, Risk factors, and Intervention from a Systems approach to Maladjustment in Children
- Leppänen, Paavo
- European Commission
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Reporting Year: 2023
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