The effect of font size on reading comprehension on second and fifth grade children: bigger is not always better.

Research on reading development has focused on the linguistic, cognitive, and recently, metacognitive skills children must master in order to learn to read. Less focus has been devoted to how the text itself, namely the perceptual features of the words, affects children's learning and comprehen...

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Main Authors: Tami Katzir, Shirley Hershko, Vered Halamish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3777945?pdf=render