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ERIC Number: EJ966146
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 13
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Envisioning Story: The Eye Movements of Beginning Readers
Duckett, Peter
Literacy Teaching and Learning, v7 n1-2 p77-89 2003
Miscue analysis and eye movement analysis are used to explore the reading process of first-grade beginning readers as they use pictures and print in a picture book designed for instructional purposes. Eye movement miscue analysis (EMMA) is also used as a tool to gain insights into the reading strategies of the beginning readers in this study. Miscue analysis provides a psycholinguistic analysis of unexpected oral responses in the oral text that readers produce. Eye movement analysis provides an analysis of the visual fixations of readers in the pictures and the print. Both forms of analysis are used to examine the relationship between the oral and visual aspects of the reading process. This article focuses on first-grade beginning readers' use of pictures and print as they read. Patterns of eye movements relative to picture use, print use, and the relationships between the two media are described, analyzed, and compared. Major findings include that beginning readers are aware that reading is a complex process of making meaning from print and pictures; they exhibit many of the same reading strategies as older, more experienced readers; and they sample pictures in ways that are purposeful and know where to look for useful information. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 1
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Language: English
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