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ERIC Number: EJ499040
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-0423
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Coloured Overlays, Visual Discomfort, Visual Search and Classroom Reading.
Tyrrell, Ruth; And Others
Journal of Research in Reading, v18 n1 p10-23 Feb 1995
States that 46 children aged 12-16 were shown a page of meaningless text covered with plastic overlays, including 7 that were various colors and 1 that was clear. Explains that each child selected the overlay that made reading easiest. Notes that children who read with a colored overlay complained of visual discomfort when they read without the overlay. (PA)
Descriptors: Color, Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Secondary Education, Transparencies, Visual Perception
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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