NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ188000
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
A Picture Is Not Always Worth a Thousand Words: Pictures as Distractors in Reading
Willows, Dale M.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 70, 2, 255-62, Apr 78
Children read sets of words under three conditions: with no pictures, with related pictures, and with unrelated pictures. Results indicated that words were read more slowly whenever pictures were present; that unrelated pictures produced more interference than related pictures; and that both effects were inversely related to reading ability. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Differences, Pictorial Stimuli, Primary Education, Proximity, Reading Ability, Reading Processes, Reading Rate
Publication Type: N/A
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Canada; Distractors (Tests)