The effect of features of text (word length and frequency) on the Iranian dyslexic students’ eye movements
Background: This study aimed to investigate the impact of frequency and word length on the eye movements in dyslexic students while they were reading Persian textbooks.Methods: The method applied to this study was quasi-experimental. The statistical population consisted of 56 male and female student...
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| author | Masood Sharifi mohammad kaghazloo Majid Firouzkouhi Berenjabadi Mina Bandeh Pour |
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| description | Background: This study aimed to investigate the impact of frequency and word length on the eye movements in dyslexic students while they were reading Persian textbooks.Methods: The method applied to this study was quasi-experimental. The statistical population consisted of 56 male and female students in first, second, and third grades, referring to Learning Disorder Centers of Educational Organization in 2 and 10 districts in Tehran. Twenty-five students with dyslexia were selected using the available sampling method (participants included 12 boys and 13 girls who were in second, third, fourth, and fifth grade with 6, 8, 8, and 3 students, respectively). The eye-tracking device, SMI-RED-120Hz, was used for data collection. The multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) method was applied to analyze the data. Results: There are two significant findings: the effect of words' length on the number of fixation, fixation time, and the number of regression, as well as the effect of words' frequency on the number of fixation, fixation time, and the number of regressions.Conclusion: Frequency and word length on fixation and regression play an important role in the process of reading in dyslexic students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da8b97a587eb4feeade559ceee0012d42022-12-22T01:30:11ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research2345-61672345-61592022-06-0192798310.30476/jrsr.2022.89292.112948082The effect of features of text (word length and frequency) on the Iranian dyslexic students’ eye movementsMasood Sharifi0mohammad kaghazloo1Majid Firouzkouhi Berenjabadi2Mina Bandeh Pour3Assistant professor. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, IranEducational Psychology. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i Universitystudent in Educational Psychology. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.student in Counselling. Faculty of psychology and education, Islamic Azad University Arak Branch, Arak, IranBackground: This study aimed to investigate the impact of frequency and word length on the eye movements in dyslexic students while they were reading Persian textbooks.Methods: The method applied to this study was quasi-experimental. The statistical population consisted of 56 male and female students in first, second, and third grades, referring to Learning Disorder Centers of Educational Organization in 2 and 10 districts in Tehran. Twenty-five students with dyslexia were selected using the available sampling method (participants included 12 boys and 13 girls who were in second, third, fourth, and fifth grade with 6, 8, 8, and 3 students, respectively). The eye-tracking device, SMI-RED-120Hz, was used for data collection. The multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) method was applied to analyze the data. Results: There are two significant findings: the effect of words' length on the number of fixation, fixation time, and the number of regression, as well as the effect of words' frequency on the number of fixation, fixation time, and the number of regressions.Conclusion: Frequency and word length on fixation and regression play an important role in the process of reading in dyslexic students.https://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/article_48082_f0439343b00db7816f1b7e8ba3ad19c2.pdfdyslexiaeye trackingfeatures textfixation/ regressionstudents |
| spellingShingle | Masood Sharifi mohammad kaghazloo Majid Firouzkouhi Berenjabadi Mina Bandeh Pour The effect of features of text (word length and frequency) on the Iranian dyslexic students’ eye movements Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research dyslexia eye tracking features text fixation/ regression students |
| title | The effect of features of text (word length and frequency) on the Iranian dyslexic students’ eye movements |
| title_full | The effect of features of text (word length and frequency) on the Iranian dyslexic students’ eye movements |
| title_fullStr | The effect of features of text (word length and frequency) on the Iranian dyslexic students’ eye movements |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of features of text (word length and frequency) on the Iranian dyslexic students’ eye movements |
| title_short | The effect of features of text (word length and frequency) on the Iranian dyslexic students’ eye movements |
| title_sort | effect of features of text word length and frequency on the iranian dyslexic students eye movements |
| topic | dyslexia eye tracking features text fixation/ regression students |
| url | https://jrsr.sums.ac.ir/article_48082_f0439343b00db7816f1b7e8ba3ad19c2.pdf |
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