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dc.contributor.authorNeumann, Michelle M
dc.contributor.authorAcosta, Camillia
dc.contributor.authorNeumann, David L
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-19T12:31:58Z
dc.date.available2018-11-19T12:31:58Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.modified2014-08-05T23:02:37Z
dc.identifier.issn0034-0553
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/61883
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental print, such as signs and product labels, consist of both print and contextual cues designed to attract the visual attention of the reader. However, contextual cues may draw young children ' s attention away from the print, thus questioning the value of environmental print in early reading development. Eye tracker technology was used to measure the extent that children attend to words in environmental print. The relationships between print fixations and letter and word knowledge, as well as differences in fixations across types of environmental print, were also examined. Preschool children ( N = 39) ages 3-5 years viewed photographs of nine environmental print items and their standard print equivalents while visual fixations were recorded. Children were found to attend to words in environmental print, although they showed more and longer fixations for standard print words without contextual cues. Children ' s fixations were not associated with print knowledge. However, fixations on words in environmental print varied by item type to suggest that print learning may be facilitated by using environmental print with larger and more centralized fonts.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInternational Reading Association
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.publisher.urihttps://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rrq.66
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom157
dc.relation.ispartofpageto167
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalReading Research Quarterly
dc.relation.ispartofvolume49
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarly childhood education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode390302
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3901
dc.titleYoung children's visual attention to environmental print as measured by eye tracker analysis
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorNeumann, David L.


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