Types of reading ability as exhibited through tests and laboratory experiments, an investigation subsidized by the General education board

Gray Clarence Truman B. 1877

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SOUTHERN BRANCH
of CALIFORNIAUNIVERSITY
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<^v^<a-<3-s4 LIBRARY
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ANGELES, CALIF.LOS
KSSUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL MONOGRAPHS
Published in conjunction with
THE SCHOOL REVIEW and THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JOURNAL
Vol.1 August 29, 1917
No. 5 Whole No. 5
TYPES OF READING ABILITY AS
EXHIBITED THROUGH TESTS AND
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
AN INVESTIGATION SUBSIDIZED BY THE
GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD
By
m An£MCE TRUMAN GRAY
U! RSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
JHICAGO, ILLINOISCopyright 1917 By
The University of Chicago
All Rights Reserved
Published August 29, 1917
Composed and Printed By
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A..
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CONTENTSTABLE OF
PACE
List of Figures in Text v
Diagrams in Text viList of
viiList of Plates
ixList of Tables
CHAPTER
iI. Introduction
iA. The Problem
B. Earlier Investigations 3
i. Visual Perception 3
2. Motor Phases of the Reading Process 8
a) Eye-Movements Tj/£g
b) Breathing and Oral Reading <H9^
ioc) Inner Speech and
11Measurement of Reading Ability3.
The Subjects 14C.
II. Tests for the Measurement of Reading Ability 17
A. Oral-Reading Tests (jt^
2B. Silent-Reading Tests 3
Questions . .1. Silent Reading for the Purpose of Answering 3s
2. Silent for the of Reproduction .... 40
OutliningSilent Reading for the Purpose of3. 43
Rapid Silent Reading 464.
Other Tests in Silent Reading 5°5.
a) Newspaper Test 5°
Test 1b) Woodworth and Wells's Direction 5
1c) Courtis Test 5
All Tests 16. Comparison of Results for S
60Other Reproduction Tests7.
65III. Motor Phases of Reading
A. Rate of Vocalization j&c-^
;(o7_
1 Pronouncing Rate
68
2. Counting Rate
iiiiv TABLE OF CONTENDS
CHAPTER PAGE
B. Vocalization during Silent Reading 68
BreathingC. in Relation to Oral Reading........ /70)
Vox]D. Eye-Movements
1. Apparatus §5
The Lighta) 83
b) The Headrest ?$'
c) The Camera 85
d) The Moving Film /86
2. The Exposure Apparatus VM
Unsatisfactory Records (go3.
Records for Oral Reading Voo^4.
Eye-Movements in Different Types of Reading ....5. 103
6. The Location of Points of Fixation /^P
Fixations in Oral Reading 1067.
8. Oculists' Tests 20
^_ J
Perception TestsIV. 123
A. Short-Exposure Tests 123
Range of Recognition TestB. 127
Further Short-ExposureC. Tests 138
Aussage^C D. Tests 143
VisionE. Range of Distinct- Test 145
V. Effect of Practice upon Certain Difficulties in Reading .... 147
A. First Type of Training in Speed 149
B. Second Type of Training in Speed 157
C. Training for Increase in Span of Attention 157
160D. in Comprehension
E. Training to Reduce Vocalization 162
F. in Phonics 164
Bibliography 168
Appendix 172
Index 193