scholarly journals The Effect of Expansion of Vision Span on Reading Speed: A Case Study of EFL Major Students at King Khalid University

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basim Hamdan Ibrahim Kana’an ◽  
Salahud Din Abdul Rab ◽  
Ahlullah Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Reading Speed

Alexia and Agraphia Intervention Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Single Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1152-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Hux ◽  
Tana Mahrt
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Substantial Improvement ◽  
Word Decoding ◽  
Sight Word

Purpose This case study documents the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention for an adolescent with acquired alexia and agraphia following severe traumatic brain injury. Method Initial testing revealed severe central alexia and surface agraphia with concomitant anomic aphasia. Intervention components included sight word drills, modified Multiple Oral Reading (MOR) procedures, functional reading tasks, and modified Copy and Recall Treatment. Intervention spanned 2 months with sessions 5 days per week. Data collection and analysis involved monitoring sight word decoding, reading speed and decoding errors during MOR, and spelling accuracy of Copy and Recall Treatment words. Follow-up testing occurred at intervention conclusion. Results Sight word mastery for 315 words progressed from 66.35% to 100% over 5 weeks and was maintained thereafter. MOR materials progressed from Grade 1 to Grade 5. Initial reading speed was 31 words per minute with errors on 15% of words. At program completion, reading speed was 47 words per minute with 7% decoding errors despite increased difficulty of reading material. The participant demonstrated initial mastery of 15 spelling lists containing 15 words each and sustained mastery (2 additional consecutive weeks of 100% accuracy) of 8 lists. Follow-up assessment revealed improvements consistent with 3–4 grade levels but persistent impairment relative to premorbid functioning. Conclusion The multicomponent program was effective in promoting substantial improvement, although surface alexia and agraphia persisted after 2 months of treatment. The case provides an example of the type and extent of progress possible given minimal initial recovery but systematic intervention within the context of intensive postacute rehabilitation.

Teaching Reading and Writing Skills to a Teenaged Spastic Cerebral Palsied Person: A Long-Term Case Study

1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Block
Keyword(s):  
Strain Gage ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Task Orientation ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Feedback Mechanisms ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Time Scheduling

After a 2-mo. combined reading and writing training period followed by a 1 1/2-yr. lapse, an initially 16-yr.-old paraplegic cerebral palsied boy received 1 yr. of reading training followed by 2 3/4 yr. of writing training. Reading speed increased from 5 pages/hr. to about 40 pages/hr. Tolerance for protracted reading increased from a maximum of 15 min. to well over 2 hr. Writing progressed from the printing of letters more than 1/2 in- high with a fist grasp of the pen, to cursive writing of letters 1/8 to 1/4 in. high. Writing speed increased to about one-third of the normal rare. Training modes ranged from biofeedback methods employing EMG, electrooculogram, inertia detector, strain gage, contact detector, and amplified-image closed-circuit TV to discussions of attitudes, task orientation, and time scheduling. Intermediate were methods employing intrinsic feedback mechanisms. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach, as well as trainability of this spastic boy well beyond childhood. The methods devised provide a base for further application and investigation.

A Single Case Study Illustrating the Reduction in Subvocalisation with Electromyography

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-240
Author(s):  
Catherine Dooley ◽  
R. E. George
Keyword(s):  
Reading Speed ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Muscle Tension ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Complex Material ◽  
Electromyographic Biofeedback

The effect of subvocalisation on reading speed and comprehension is briefly reviewed. Reading speed is slowed by subvocalisation but comprehension and retention of complex material is improved. In this single case study the activities of the laryngeal and mylohyoid muscles were recorded during reading and other activities. Through electromyographic biofeedback the patient learnt to reduce muscle tension and to discontinue the long term habit of subvocalisation.

scholarly journals Exploring Students’ Perception and Belief of Extensive Reading Program in Improving Reading Ability and Language Competences

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Winda Ari Anggraini
Keyword(s):  
Reading Ability ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Positive Results

The aim of this research was to investigate students’ perception toward a small-scale project of extensive reading (ER) program. ER is believed can improve many aspects of language skills, including vocabulary, reading speed, listening, speaking, and writing (Day and Bamford, 1998; Renandya, 2007). Therefore, research participants were also asked about their view on reading ability and other linguistic competences improvement. This research utilized case study specifically focused on three students who showed outstanding progress through the project, using semi-structured interview for data collection. The paper concludes with positive results for both students’ perception and their reading ability and language competence.

scholarly journals Computer aided photographic memory enhancement and speed reading (case study)

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal
Keyword(s):  
Reading Speed ◽  
Visual Basic ◽  
Memory Enhancement ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Speed Reading ◽  
Effective Factor ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Design And Testing ◽  
Different Levels

This work aimed to design and testing of a computer program – based eyeQ improvement, photographic memory enhancement, and speed reading to match the reading speed 150 – 250 word per minute (WPM) with the mind ability of processing and eye snap shooting 5000WPM . The package designed based on Visual Basic 6. The efficiency of the designed program was tested on a 10 persons with different levels of education and ages and the results show an increase in their reading speed of approximately 25% in the first month of training with noticeable enhancement in the memory as well as an increase in the ability to read for longer time without feeling nerves or boring, a nonlinear continuously increase in reading speed is assured after the first month with a hope of reaching a target of 3000WPM within 3 – 5 years of training and that is what is called photographic memory where most of the read data processed in right side of the mind, the smaller age, and higher level of education is an effective factor on the results.

scholarly journals Influence of classroom acoustics on the reading speed: A case study on Italian second-graders

2018 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. EL144-EL149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppina Emma Puglisi ◽  
Andrea Prato ◽  
Tiziana Sacco ◽  
Arianna Astolfi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Speed ◽  
Second Graders ◽  
Classroom Acoustics

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

Dual systems for all: Higher-order, role-based relational reasoning as a uniquely derived feature of human cognition

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Povinelli ◽  
Gabrielle C. Glorioso ◽  
Shannon L. Kuznar ◽  
Mateja Pavlic
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Reasoning ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Important Case ◽  
Human Cognition ◽  
Relational Reasoning ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
First Order ◽  
Reasoning System ◽  
Role Based

Abstract Hoerl and McCormack demonstrate that although animals possess a sophisticated temporal updating system, there is no evidence that they also possess a temporal reasoning system. This important case study is directly related to the broader claim that although animals are manifestly capable of first-order (perceptually-based) relational reasoning, they lack the capacity for higher-order, role-based relational reasoning. We argue this distinction applies to all domains of cognition.

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