Across grades 3–10 (grade 9 excluded), 15 of 17 classes and 70% of children did better by the silent method of reading¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? In tests of 340 pupils from third to tenth grade (ninth not included), 15 of 17 classes and 70% of children taken separately did better by the silent method. → Mead 1917

Evidence¶

Mead 1917¶

Mead, C. D. (1917). Results in silent versus oral reading. Journal of Educational Psychology, 8(6), 367–368. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0067774

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Replication in May, 1915 and 1916 with three hundred and forty pupils from the third to the tenth grade, the ninth not included, using six one-minute tests identical in every way to the earlier two-minute tests. "Fifteen out of seventeen classes did better by the silent method of reading".

"Fifteen out of seventeen classes did better by the silent method of reading. Seventy per cent, of the children taken separately did better by this method."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Sixth-grade pupils reproduced a greater percentage of possible points by silent than by oral reading, with every class and 71% of children doing better silently — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Per-grade results in Table I show the silent method yielded a higher percentage of points reproduced of points read than the oral method — a narrower finding that bears on this claim