Connected Text Reading and Differences in Text Reading Fluency in Adult Readers
Figure 2
Average reading times for the three text units (words, phrases, and sentences) by reader group and repeated reading.
The upper panel shows reading times for word (left column), phrases (middle column), and sentences (right column). As can be seen, it takes longer to read bigger text units. Also, as can be seen in the upper-right panel, sentence reading times are faster for graduate readers compared to undergraduate readers, and generally decrease with repeated reading as well. The lower panel shows the same data, when the reading times for phrases and sentences were scaled down to the number of words. Average word reading times do not differ reliably between the three text-unit conditions.