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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"reading speed"”.
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Exploring the applicability of implicit relevance measures in varying reading speed for adaptive I.R. systems
… when addressing documents at three different reading rates. Most of the fixation-derived features are reported to differ significantly when reading at different speeds. Furthermore, the ability of pupil size and electrodermal activity to indicate perceived relevance is found intrinsically …
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Visual Impairment and Computer Displays: The Effects of Foreground and Background Color on Oral Reading Speed
… colors and each of the dependent variables (oral reading rate, comfort rating, and brightness-contrast adjustment) for partially sighted junior and senior high school students reading CRT displayed text? (b) Is there a difference between the results obtained for the dependent variables across the …
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Formatting variables and typeface variations of dot-matrix print and their effect on reading comprehension and reading speed
… and left justified] had any effect on the reading rates or reading comprehension of college students when compared to the same typewritten material. A pretest/posttest design with experimental and control groups utilized the Cloze Reading Test and the Nelson Denny Reading Test to measure …
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A comparison of the effects of reading from a VDU and from paper as measured in terms of reading speed and comprehension
… different conditions, one in each of the set of readings, on either VDU or paper. They were asked to read different sets of stories in each condition on different days where each condition lasted for approximately two hours. Reading speed and comprehension scores were measured in every story read …
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The effects of image quality on reading performance and perceived image quality from CRT and hard-copy displays
The effects of physical image quality on reading and on perceived image quality from CRT and hard copy were studied in this experiment. The results showed that as the image quality of a display increased, indicated by an increase in the value of the MTFA, the reading speed increased and subjective …
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Copious Electronic Text on Small Screen Interfaces: A New Method of Displaying Text on Cell Phones
… simulated cell phone display interface, at three speeds. Comprehension of text passages was examined in an attempt to find an ideal method of presenting lengthy text on a small screen interface. The results indicated that as participants were exposed to greater speeds and an increasing number of …
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Auditory perceptual simulation during silent reading: effects on language processing and comprehension
… perceptual simulation (APS) during silent reading refers to situations in which the reader actively simulates the voice of a character or other person depicted in a text. In three eye-tracking studies and one Event-related Potentials (ERP) study, APS effects were investigated as people read …
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Quantitative and qualitative differences in reading performance between Greek language teachers & 12th grade pupils and between adult dyslexic & non-dyslexic students
The significance of reading is undoubted today, while learning to read efficiently is a main aim of every educational system. Reading is one of the greatest challenges that pupils, students and adults have to encounter daily at school, university and professional life, especially dyslexics, for …
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The Effects of Context, Voice, and Vowelization on the Word Recognition Speed, Accuracy, and Comprehension of L2 Arabic Readers at Different
… effects on L2 Arabic learners word decoding speed, accuracy, and comprehension at different stages of L2 Arabic acquisition. The study used Arabic verbs whose active and passive forms are heterophonic homographs, that is, forms that differ in their pronunciation, while their letter …
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Bayesian approaches for survival data in pharmaceutical research.
… a novel model-based Bayesian assessment of reading speed that uses an adaptive algorithm to target key reading metrics. These metrics are used in the assessment of reading speed in individuals with poor vision.
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MANIPULATING TEMPORAL COMPONENTS DURING SINGLE-WORD PROCESSING TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO STORED ORTHOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS IN LETTER-BY-LETTER READERS
… written words as a treatment strategy to enhance reading speed and accuracy in two participants with acquired alexia who are letter-by-letter readers. Previous studies of pure alexia have shown that when words are rapidly presented, participants can accurately perform lexical decision and category …
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The Dyslexic User's Interface Support Tool (DUIST) - a framework for performance enhancing interface adaptation strategies for dyslexic computer users
… Performance gains for dyslexic subjects in reading speed and reading accuracy exemplify the apparent benefits of framework utilisation (e.g. dyslexic mean reading speed increased by 4.98 wpm vs. control gains of 0.18 wpm; dyslexic mean reading errors reduced by 0.64 per 100 words vs. control …
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Legibility prediction for flat-panel displays under fluorescent and daylight illumination
… illumination was designed and constructed. Reading speed performance data was collected from 14 subjects representative of both an age 18 to 30 group and an age 50 to 70 group. Each subject performed a numeral identification task using seven candidate flat-panel display technologies under …
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Toward an integrated model of sentence processing in reading
… durations and regression proportions while reading are commonly used to draw conclusions about processing difficulties. However, these measures are the result of an interaction of multiple cognitive levels and processing strategies and thus are only indirect indicators of processing …
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Commercialization of germanium based nanocrystal memory
… tunneling oxide. This compromises writing and reading speed as well as endurance. A smaller device size can be achieved and speed and can be improved by decreasing the oxide thickness. However, significant charge leakage will occur if the oxide is too thin, which will reduce the data retention …
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A Study of Reading with A Handheld Computer
… computers, this study, first, reviewed basic reading process and reading model, previous studies examining potential factors affecting text readability on a small handheld screen. This study investigated the effect of screen orientation and margin on reading performance (reading speed and …
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Encouraging ESL Teachers to Empower Their Students to Read
… affecting their academic progress is their reading skills.</p> <p>It is widely accepted that a successful student in higher education must be able to read and comprehend assigned readings quickly. However, reading speed and comprehension pose a significant obstacle for ESL students who are …
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Visual Discomfort and Visual Function: Colour and Contrast
… in individuals who experienced migraine or reading difficulty. Contrast discrimination thresholds were measured at two pedestal contrasts (10% and 50%) in volunteers with migraine with aura (MA), without aura (MO) and controls (C).There was no significant difference in thresholds between …
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Individual differences in syntactic processing during reading: a psycholinguist’s “two disciplines” problem
… has sought to link individual differences in reading to individual differences in cognitive abilities. Put another way: how do cognitive differences between readers interact with syntactic processing effects observed across readers? This dissertation describes a single study in which 133 young …
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