Text Display Effects on the Fluency of Young Readers.

Raban, Bridie

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ERIC Number: EJ264199

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Publication Date: 1982-Feb

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Text Display Effects on the Fluency of Young Readers.

Raban, Bridie

Journal of Research in Reading, v5 n1 p7-27 Feb 1982

Reports on a study that investigated the position of text line break with respect to the phrase structure of a sentence in order to determine its effect on children's reading fluency. Concludes that line breaks within and between phrases cause less disruption when they occur near the end of a sentence. (FL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Layout (Publications), Primary Education, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Research, Sentence Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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