Structural components of reading time
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal BehaviorPublished 1 April 1980
Arthur C. Graesser, Nicholas L. Hoffman, Leslie F. Clark
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Findings suggest that functionally separate reading skills may be involved in microstructure versus macrostructure processing, which includes the processing of words, syntax, and propositions.
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Reading times were collected for sentences in passages in order to examine how cognitive resources are distributed among different components of reading. Multiple regression analyses indicated that most of the reading time variance was predicted by macrostructure processing which integrates information from different sentences, as opposed to microstructure processing which includes the processing of words, syntax, and propositions. Experiment 1 revealed that slower readers require more time than faster readers to perform microstructure processing, but no differences were found for macrostructure components of reading. Experiment 2 revealed that variations in reading goals influence macrostructure processing but not microstructure processing. These findings suggest that functionally separate reading skills may be involved in microstructure versus macrostructure processing.
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