Eye movements in reading Flashcards
1
Q
Saccades
A
A series of rapid eye movements
2
Q
Fixations
A
When the eye rests upon a point in a text
3
Q
Return sweep
A
At the end of a line, the reader makes a return sweep on to the following line
4
Q
Regression
A
Going back over a word to check accuracy or gain context
5
Q
What do skilled readers use regression for?
A
Building higher level meaning
6
Q
What do unskilled readers use regression for?
A
Serves to check that words have been correctly decoded
7
Q
Marcel Just and Patricia (1987)? (reading researchers)
A
Used early eye movement data to show the differences in skilled and unskilled readers. They found that skilled readers have much shorter fixations and fewer regressions.
