Silent Word Reading Fluency and Temporal Vision Processing; Differences Between Good and Poor Readers

Summary of Findings:

The study explored the relationship between students’ reading abilities, measures of temporal vision processing, and silent word reading fluency. Thirty-seven 7th-grade students were classified as “good” or “poor” readers via the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Comprehension tests.

Results lend further support to the premise that eye movement recordings are important for assessment of reading disabled (RD) students. Dr. Shelley-Tremblay is quoted as saying, “This study demonstrated that the Visagraph was effective in quickly and easily measuring the degree of fluency in silent reading in terms of the number of fixations, regressions, and the reading rates of both good and poor readers. The rate of reading was significantly related to attentional ability and comprehension. For poor readers, in particular, a large number of regressions is a good indicator of a broader array of reading problems.”

"The Visagraph was effective in quickly and easily measuring the degree of fluency in silent reading.”