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dc.contributor.advisorGoodman, Kenneth S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWoodley, John Wayne
dc.creatorWoodley, John Wayneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-31T18:35:11Z
dc.date.available2011-10-31T18:35:11Z
dc.date.issued1983en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/187281
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to test the predictive validity of a psycholinguistic model of the reading process as it dealt with perception. Ten lines of print which varied in terms of the characters employed in the line and the organizational pattern of those characters were tachistoscopically presented one-at-a-time. The subjects were asked to provide a written report of what they had seen. Eighty-two validated subjects provided data which were analyzed for the purpose of this study. Each subject's report for each line of print was scored on two dimensions: the accuracy and completeness of the report and the degree to which the report was meaningful and language-based. Two research questions were developed which involved ten research hypotheses. The research hypotheses were developed on the basis of the Goodman Model of Reading and concerned the subjects' perceptions of the lines of print. The principal findings were: (1) The more the line of print resembled written English the more accurately and completely the line was reported. (2) The unit of perception in reading is situationally determined but is the sentence or the clause when such units are available. (3) All three cuing systems must be available for perception in reading to be effective and efficient. (4) The reader's expectation and set for what is to be seen determines in large part what is perceived. (5) The individual is actively cognitively involved in the process of visual perception. (6) What is visually perceived is not limited to what is visually available. Statistical analysis yielded powerful findings which were strongly supportive of a psycholinguistic model of reading.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectVisual perception.en_US
dc.subjectReading.en_US
dc.titlePERCEPTIONS OF TACHISTOSCOPICALLY PRESENTED LINES OF PRINT.en_US
dc.typetexten_US
dc.typeDissertation-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc690010130en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberGoodman, Yetta M.en_US
dc.contributor.committeememberVan Allen, Roachen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberBoggs, Juanitaen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberAnders, Patricia L.en_US
dc.contributor.committeememberBlake, Roy F.en_US
dc.identifier.proquest8324467en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineElementary Educationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-09-03T12:05:21Z
html.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to test the predictive validity of a psycholinguistic model of the reading process as it dealt with perception. Ten lines of print which varied in terms of the characters employed in the line and the organizational pattern of those characters were tachistoscopically presented one-at-a-time. The subjects were asked to provide a written report of what they had seen. Eighty-two validated subjects provided data which were analyzed for the purpose of this study. Each subject's report for each line of print was scored on two dimensions: the accuracy and completeness of the report and the degree to which the report was meaningful and language-based. Two research questions were developed which involved ten research hypotheses. The research hypotheses were developed on the basis of the Goodman Model of Reading and concerned the subjects' perceptions of the lines of print. The principal findings were: (1) The more the line of print resembled written English the more accurately and completely the line was reported. (2) The unit of perception in reading is situationally determined but is the sentence or the clause when such units are available. (3) All three cuing systems must be available for perception in reading to be effective and efficient. (4) The reader's expectation and set for what is to be seen determines in large part what is perceived. (5) The individual is actively cognitively involved in the process of visual perception. (6) What is visually perceived is not limited to what is visually available. Statistical analysis yielded powerful findings which were strongly supportive of a psycholinguistic model of reading.


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