Open AccessThe Modification of Perceptual Span: An Experimental Study
Author(s) -
Roger Olsen,
Bruce R. Amble
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of reading behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0022-4111
DOI - 10.1080/10862967009546923
Subject(s) - contingency , psychology , perception , affect (linguistics) , span (engineering) , experimental research , attention span , reading (process) , contingency management , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , communication , cognition , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , civil engineering , neuroscience , psychiatry , intervention (counseling)
The study was designed to assess which of several classroom conditions of learning would affect the perceptual span development of Ss in an experimental training program. Ten classrooms (N = 232) were assigned to five conditions, one control and four experimental: Film-only group, Contingency group, Attention group, and Contingency-plus Attention group. The findings favored the Contingency-plus Attention group for perceptual span training and the Attention group for transfer to a standard reading situation. Related theory and research findings were discussed.