When reading takes off: Children's word learning during independent reading

该项目旨在解决尚未解决的主要问题，即儿童如何通过阅读建立关于印刷文字的知识。这一点很重要，因为一旦孩子们学到了阅读的基础知识，他们学习新单词的主要手段就是通过阅读经验。该项目将使用创新技术来监测儿童在阅读过程中遇到新单词时的眼球运动，研究影响实时认知处理和持续学习的因素。预期的结果将是对如何优化儿童阅读时单词学习的新见解，以及对新计算模型的改进。这些将为阅读教学的政策和实践提供参考，造福于澳大利亚的儿童。

This project aims to address the major unsolved problem of how children build their knowledge about printed words through their reading. This is important since, once children have been taught the basics of reading, the primary means by which they learn new words is through reading experience. The project will use innovative technology to monitor children’s eye movements as they encounter new words during reading, examining factors influencing real-time cognitive processing and ongoing learning. Expected outcomes will be new insights into how to optimise children’s word learning when reading, and the refinement of a new computational model. These will inform policy and practice in reading instruction, to the benefit of Australia's children.