Instructed slow reading ran about 40% below normal rate and rapid reading about 16% below normal time, fairly uniformly across groups except seventh graders¶

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Currency · newest study 1922 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The slow instruction produced reading about 40 per cent slower than normal, and rapid instruction about 16 per cent less reading time than normal, fairly constant across groups except that seventh graders read only a little faster in the rapid condition. → Gilliland 1922

Evidence¶

Gilliland 1922¶

Gilliland, A. R. (1922). The effect of rate of silent reading on ability to recall. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1922-02093-001

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Manipulation check from the rate-of-reading experiment, reported from the reading-time data (Table I). The author states the slow and rapid instructions shifted rate as printed, with the seventh grade as the stated exception to the rapid-reading shift.

"In general the rate of reading, when the subjects were instructed to read very slowly was about 40 per cent slower than their normal rate. This variation in rate was fairly constant for each of the four groups of subjects. The time required for reading rapidly was about 16 per cent less than the normal reading time."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Processing Speed — outcome: instruction changes it
• Reading Fluency — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

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