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Typography for Children May Be Inappropriately Designed

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Wilkins, Arnold; Cleave, Roanna; Grayson, Nicola; Wilson, Louise – Journal of Research in Reading, 2009

We present four studies indicating that the size and design of the typeface in textual material for children aged 7-9 may impair speed of reading and comprehension, and measurement of reading attainment. The first study compared the speed with which sample sentences were comprehended. The sentences were printed in Arial font with an x-height of…

Descriptors: Sentences, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Reading Instruction

The Effect of a Film Aided Coaching Course on the Rate of Students' Reading of Texts of Varying Difficulty.

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Moss, Michael J. – Journal of Research in Reading, 1980

Reports that reading rate gains that may have been derived from a film-aided speed reading course were not retained when the subjects encountered difficult reading material. (FL)

Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement