Eye Movement & Miscue Analysis (EMMA) Research
ASL would like to take this opportunity to recognize and applaud the ongoing work of the several researchers that are using eye tracking principally to improve reading methodology and comprehension.
Koomi Kim, Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University has successfully utilized ASL’s desktop mounted systems (504 and D6) to assess how emergent and proficient readers integrate socio-psycholinguistic reading strategies including predicting, confirming and self-correcting. Eye movement data is shared with pre-service and in-service teachers to stimulate collaboration regarding various reading strategies and to better understand the reading process.
Maria Perpetua Socorro U. Liwanag, Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Genesso also utilized ASL’s desktop mounted 504 system to track high school struggling readers. Reading skills improved after assisting each student visually see and map their own reading methods and strategies using eye tracking and EMMA data.
Kathleen O’Brien Ramirez, Graduate Assistant, University of Arizona at Tucson employed ASL’s 504 system to record EMMA data during a study in which students read French and English short stories silently and aloud to assess reading as a universal process with particular focus on three criteria: 1) How does reading in English compare with reading in French, within and between readers? 1) How does reading in a later-acquired language compare with reading in the same reader’s first language? 3) How does silent reading compare with reading aloud, within and between readers?
Dr. Peter Duckett, Curriculum Coordinator, Cairo American College, Egypt conducted EMMA research with 6 year old readers to ascertain the reading strategies employed by young readers. Dr. Duckett fills a huge void in eye movement analysis with 6 year olds as the last time this population was tested was 1922.
On May 31st, EMMA researchers from all over the world gathered at Hofstra University and together with hosts Doctor’s Alan Flurkey and Debra Goodman had a chance to discuss past and future EMMA research endeavors.
ASL is committed to assisting EMMA researchers with the vital work they are doing to help people worldwide better understand and improve the reading process.
To view a video example of EMMA's research click HERE