Eye movements in oral reading by primary school students: The relevance of punctuation marks

This study aims to explore the relevance of punctuation marks during oral reading. To achieve this objective, we compared eye movement metrics of two groups of 5th-year students, classified based on the Reading Fluency variable. The fluent reading group (FL) consisted of 27 participants, while 31 p...

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Main Authors: Nair Daiane de Souza Sauaia Vansiler, Angela Ines Klein, Romeu Miqueias Szmoski
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Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/62716
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author Nair Daiane de Souza Sauaia Vansiler
Angela Ines Klein
Romeu Miqueias Szmoski
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description This study aims to explore the relevance of punctuation marks during oral reading. To achieve this objective, we compared eye movement metrics of two groups of 5th-year students, classified based on the Reading Fluency variable. The fluent reading group (FL) consisted of 27 participants, while 31 participants were in the poor reading fluent group (PF). All participants read three types of text: a simple text with punctuation, a complex text with punctuation and a simple text without punctuation. By analyzing the fixations and saccades, the data suggest that the complexity of the text influences the eye-tracking metrics of the PF group, but not the FL group. On the other hand, the presence of punctuation influence the reading behavior of the FL group, but not the PF group. These findings highlight the influence of punctuation and textual complexity on the dynamics of oral reading and offer valuable insights into how reading fluency is related to text comprehention.
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spelling doaj-art-21629cb9dc3a46f6ae07e45cf87f6a902025-08-20T01:58:04ZspaUniversidad de Costa RicaKáñina0378-04732215-26362024-11-0148310.15517/rk.v48i3.62716Eye movements in oral reading by primary school students: The relevance of punctuation marksNair Daiane de Souza Sauaia Vansiler0Angela Ines Klein 1Romeu Miqueias Szmoski 2Federal University of Pará. Belém, Brazil.Federal University of Pelotas. Pelotas, Brazil.Federal Technological University of Paraná. Ponta Grossa, Brazil. This study aims to explore the relevance of punctuation marks during oral reading. To achieve this objective, we compared eye movement metrics of two groups of 5th-year students, classified based on the Reading Fluency variable. The fluent reading group (FL) consisted of 27 participants, while 31 participants were in the poor reading fluent group (PF). All participants read three types of text: a simple text with punctuation, a complex text with punctuation and a simple text without punctuation. By analyzing the fixations and saccades, the data suggest that the complexity of the text influences the eye-tracking metrics of the PF group, but not the FL group. On the other hand, the presence of punctuation influence the reading behavior of the FL group, but not the PF group. These findings highlight the influence of punctuation and textual complexity on the dynamics of oral reading and offer valuable insights into how reading fluency is related to text comprehention. https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/62716oral readingeye movementspunctuation marks
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Angela Ines Klein
Romeu Miqueias Szmoski
Eye movements in oral reading by primary school students: The relevance of punctuation marks
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oral reading
eye movements
punctuation marks
title Eye movements in oral reading by primary school students: The relevance of punctuation marks
title_full Eye movements in oral reading by primary school students: The relevance of punctuation marks
title_fullStr Eye movements in oral reading by primary school students: The relevance of punctuation marks
title_full_unstemmed Eye movements in oral reading by primary school students: The relevance of punctuation marks
title_short Eye movements in oral reading by primary school students: The relevance of punctuation marks
title_sort eye movements in oral reading by primary school students the relevance of punctuation marks
topic oral reading
eye movements
punctuation marks
url https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/62716
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