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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Foreign Countries1
Higher Education1
Reading Comprehension1
Screen Design (Computers)1
Undergraduate Students1
User Satisfaction…1
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Canadian Journal of Learning…1
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Apedoe, Xornam1
Heng, Pheng1
McMullin, Jess1
Varnhagen, Connie K.1
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Effects of Surrounding Information and Line Length on Text Comprehension from the Web.
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McMullin, Jess; Varnhagen, Connie K.; Heng, Pheng; Apedoe, Xornam – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2002
Discussion of Web page design that maximizes users' acquisition of information focuses on line length and the amount of surrounding information, or whitespace. Describes a study of undergraduates at the University of Alberta (Canada) that showed comprehension was affected by whitespace but not by line length. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Screen Design (Computers)