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Utku Bilici, Ozlem; Subasi, Gonca; Dolgunsoz, Emrah – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2023
Considering the critical role of reading strategies in L2 reading this study aimed to investigate the impact of strategy training on Turkish EFL learners' use of global reading strategies. 23 freshmen, enrolled in the ELT Department, participated in the study, and the data were collected through eye tracking and think-aloud protocols. The results…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Protocol Analysis, Eye Movements
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Salmerón, L.; Naumann, J.; García, V.; Fajardo, I. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2017
When students solve problems on the Internet, they have to find a balance between quickly scanning large sections of information in web pages and deeply processing those that are relevant for the task. We studied how high school students articulate scanning and deeper processing of information while answering questions using a Wikipedia document,…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Eye Movements, Problem Solving, Hypermedia
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Yang, Fang-Ying – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
The main goal of this study was to investigate how readers' visual attention distribution during reading of conflicting science information is related to their scientific reasoning behavior. A total of 25 university students voluntarily participated in the study. They were given conflicting science information about earthquake predictions to read…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Scientific and Technical Information, Thinking Skills, Seismology
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Godfroid, Aline; Spino, Le Anne – Language Learning, 2015
This study extends previous reactivity research on the cognitive effects of think-alouds to include eye-tracking methodology. Unlike previous studies, we supplemented traditional superiority tests with equivalence tests, because only the latter are conceptually appropriate for demonstrating nonreactivity. Advanced learners of English read short…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Advanced Students
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Prichard, Caleb; Atkins, Andrew – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2016
Previewing a text is a key global reading strategy. Previewing may increase comprehension as it can activate schema, increase global awareness of the text, and enhance the use of other reading strategies. Despite its importance, an explicit focus on previewing skills has been lacking and previous research on the reading strategies of second…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Student Surveys
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Zang, Chuanli; Meng, Hongxia; Liang, Feifei; Bai, Xuejun; Yan, Guoli – Journal of Research in Reading, 2013
In this study, we examined whether Chinese character structure influenced readers' saccadic targeting in Chinese reading. Readers' eye movements were recorded when they read single sentences containing one-character or two-character target words. Both the one-character words and the two constituent characters of two-character words either had a…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Sentence Structure, Reader Text Relationship, Protocol Analysis
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Chen, Minglei; Ko, Hwawei – Journal of Research in Reading, 2011
This study was to investigate Chinese children's eye patterns while reading different text genres from a developmental perspective. Eye movements were recorded while children in the second through sixth grades read two expository texts and two narrative texts. Across passages, overall word frequency was not significantly different between the two…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Eye Movements, Word Frequency, Literary Genres
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Kaakinen, Johanna K.; Hyona, Jukka – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
In this study, 36 participants read an expository text describing 4 rare illnesses from a given perspective. Their eye movements were recorded during reading, and think-alouds were probed after 10 relevant and 10 irrelevant sentences. A free recall was collected after reading. The results showed that in addition to increasing the fixation time…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Expository Writing, Eye Movements, Protocol Analysis