Sources of Process Interactions in Reading.
Abstract
This paper presents the view that skilled reading is the result of the successful acquisition of a number of highly automatic component processes that operate together in an integrated and mutually facilitating manner. Studies of good and poor readers are described representing three general domains of processing: decoding, analyzing and comprehending text, and integrating contextual and perceptual information in encoding words and phrases. Three types of interactions occurring within the framework of these processing domains are discussed. They are: (1) bottom-up processing interactions, (2) top-down processing interactions, and (3) sequential interactions in text processing. Results of studies of perceptual and linguistic subprocesses in word analysis illustrate interactions within this domain. Readers who were able to profit from orthographic regularity in encoding sets of letters were also able to efficiently recognize multiletter units covering a wide band of frequencies. The evidence shows all groups of readers used processes of orthographic analysis in recognizing words as well as in pronouncing pseudowords.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 31, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA104040
Entities
People
- John R. Frederiksen
Organizations
- BBN Technologies