The reviewer concludes the advantage of a wide attention span should be made available to young readers through special training in the early grades¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r? · q1
Currency · newest study 1921 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Based on Dr. Buswell's study, the reviewer concludes that special training in the early grades should make a wide attention span available to learners. → L. Z 1921

Evidence¶

L. Z 1921¶

L. Z. (1921). New Publications. https://eric.ed.gov

q1 · i? · review · r?

An author-recommendation passage in the review of Dr. Buswell's reading study. The reviewer states that "the advantage of a wide attention span should be made available by special training during the early grades," conditioned on eye-voice closeness being a measure of immaturity.

"If this is a measure of immaturity, Dr. Bus- well's study leads to the conclusion that the advantage of a wide attention span should be made available by special training during the early grades."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Attention — outcome: instruction changes it

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