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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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Large Type Materials1
Older Adults1
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Journal of Research in Reading1
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Legge, Gordon E.1
Mansfield, J. Stephen1
O'Brien, Beth A.1
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The Effect of Print Size on Reading Speed in Dyslexia
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O'Brien, Beth A.; Mansfield, J. Stephen; Legge, Gordon E. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2005
This article details a study which predicted that across a wide range of print sizes dyslexic reading would follow the same curve shape as skilled reading, with constant reading rates across large print sizes and a sharp decline in reading rates below a critical print size. It also predicted that dyslexic readers would require larger critical…
Descriptors: Large Type Materials, Grade 1, Grade 2, Older Adults