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ERIC Number: EJ235507
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Aug
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Making Letters Distinctive.
Lockhead, G. R.; Crist, W. B.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v72 n4 p483-93 Aug 1980
Small graphic changes made in normal letters of the alphabet changed the similarity relations among those letters. Children and adults classified letters of this distinctive font faster and with fewer errors than they did normal letters. Relations between letters in the stimulus set determined how difficult any particular letter was to classify. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Contrast, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Letters (Alphabet), Numbers, Primary Education, Readability, Visual Discrimination
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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