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¶

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q2 i? All five sixth-grade classes reproduced a greater percentage of possible points under the silent method, and 71% of children taken separately did better by this 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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Study of 112 sixth-grade pupils of the Cincinnati schools tested in May, 1914, using the "Alice in Wonderland" material with "Six two-minute tests were given in each of the methods of reading". All five classes reproduced a greater percentage of possible points silently; "Seventy-one per cent, of the children taken separately did better by this method".

"Six two-minute tests were given in each of the methods of reading. Without exception, each class (five) reproduced a greater percentage of possible points by the silent method. Seventy-one per cent, of the children taken separately did better by this method."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Across grades 3–10 (grade 9 excluded), 15 of 17 classes and 70% of children did better by the silent method of reading — a broader claim this one bears on
• Per-grade results in Table I show the silent method yielded a higher percentage of points reproduced of points read than the oral method — related