Perceptual Span of Poor Readers
Open Access
- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Reading Behavior
- Vol. 7 (3) , 297-305
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10862967509547147
Abstract
A model is described attributing narrow perceptual spans of poor readers to abnormally slow phonological coding speed. In a test of the model with elementary-age school boys, (1) poor readers were slower than average readers on a digit naming task; (2) perceptual span for random digits was impaired for poor readers; (3) a linear relation was found between perceptual span and naming speed; and (4) within the limits of reliability, perceptual span and naming speed accounted for the same portion of reading ability variance. Discrepant results are also presented, and possible modifications of the model are discussed.Keywords
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