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Diagram of Types of Reading, Take 1
I’ve been trying to sort out types of reading processes (aka “styles”, aka “strategies”, aka “patterns”) that relate to differing goals. Let me summarize a handful of key identifications and distinctions that have been made in the research literature: Carver identifies 5 “gears” of reading: scanning, skimming, rauding, learning, memorizing Lunzer identifies four processes: scanning, [...]
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Forced mouse tracking of reading behavior
I just had the wacky idea that I could force users in an experimental situation to engage in movements that help track their reading behavior in a web browser. This method would employ Javascript and CSS–in short, the script would obscure text outside of the foveal vision area–the readable foveal vision area would be centered [...]
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A Diagram of Reading Media
I was in diagramming mode this afternoon, thinking through different aspects of the processes and interactions of reading. One sketch led me to the following simple visualization of printed vs. digital media. This draft excludes forms and modes, and may only be useful as a component of my own understanding:
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Challenges for online reading researchers
Some thoughts re. future challenges and opportunities for researchers interested in online reading that were burbling as I drove to Layton today: * reading detection without eyetracking * eyetracking in mobile computer device * ecologically valid studies of reading for learning; more authentic environments and tasks ** quasi-experimental research of online users in their natural [...]
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Logical arguments of tracking reading
I’ve been thinking about eyetracking as a useful indicator of reading, and how other indicators may be used to track user activity on the web. Many eyetracking studies presume to know when reading occurs via movement patterns. Even accepting the eye-mind hypothesis, Jakob Nielsen reminds us, “By itself, eyetracking can do one thing and one [...]
Posted in IPT 692R - Research in DE & Blended Also tagged deresearch, eyetracking, interaction, logic, tracking 1 Comment
Foveal vision in reading
As I work my way backwards from eye tracking to the correlation between eye movement and cognition (i.e. to answer the question, how do we know that eye movement means one is reading?) I’ve begun to delve into basic research on eye movements in reading, most recently accessing the influential work “Eye Fixations and Cognitive [...]
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Weekend Notes: Eyetracking and Determining Reading
This weeks’ readings took me deeper into eye tracking of reading, as I sought to verify that current research on eye tracking of web site usage is not necessarily related to or relevant for reading research. Nielsen and Pernice’s 2010 book, “Eyetracking Web Usability” is already a classic for web designers, and though Nielsen’s work [...]
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Reading in Hypertext Ecologies Draft 1
Based on the exploratory research questions I drafted last week, I’ve composed the following 1p “proposal” on describing reading in hypertext ecologies: Contemporary learners operate in increasingly hypertext-rich online environments, yet research on cognitive load and performance suggests that hypertext may have a negative impact on tasks where focused attention is important, such as reading. [...]
Online Reading Research Questions (Take 1)
Some of you know that I’m slowly working on a PhD in Instructional Psychology and Technology. My area of interest is in online reading behavior in hypertext environments. I’ve been shy to draft real research questions until I was more familiar with the current state of research on this topic. And while I haven’t discovered, [...]
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Reading Research Text Search, Pt 1