Influence of Highlighting Validity on Dynamic Text Comprehension Performance

Joey C.Y. So; Alan H.S. Chan

Influence of Highlighting Validity on Dynamic Text Comprehension Performance

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works (RGC: 12, 32, 41, 45) › 32_Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Author(s)

Joey C.Y. So
Alan H.S. Chan

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IMECS 2009: INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CONFERENCE OF ENGINEERS AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
Editors	O Castillo, C Douglas, DD Feng, JA Lee
Publisher	INT ASSOC ENGINEERS-IAENG
Pages	1970-1973
Number of pages	4
Volume	II
ISBN (Print)	978-988-17012-2-0 (v. I), 978-988-17012-7-5 (v. II)
Publication status	Published - 2009

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
Publisher	INT ASSOC ENGINEERS-IAENG

Conference

Title	International Multi-Conference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2009 (IMECS 2009)
Place	Hong Kong
City	Kowloon
Period	18 - 20 March 2009

Link(s)

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Abstract

The advanced display technology offers a variety selection of color and highlighting methods which have improved the presentation of textual information. However, it leads to the questions of what is the best way to highlight the information and which information should be highlighted in order to maximize the comprehensibility of the messages. This study investigated the effect of the highlighting and its validity on comprehension performance on LED display for Chinese reading. Four levels of validity (0%, 33%, 67% and 100%) and a control condition with no highlighting were tested. Each subject was required to perform the five experimental conditions in which different passages were read and comprehended. The results showed that the condition with 100% validity of highlighting was found to have better comprehension performance than other validity levels and conditions with no highlighting. The comprehension score of the condition with no highlighting effect was comparatively lower than those highlighting conditions with distracters, though not significant.

Research Area(s)

Highlighting, Validity of Highlighting Dynamic text display, Human performance

Citation Format(s)

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Influence of Highlighting Validity on Dynamic Text Comprehension Performance. / So, Joey C.Y.; Chan, Alan H.S.
IMECS 2009: INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CONFERENCE OF ENGINEERS AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS. ed. / O Castillo; C Douglas; DD Feng; JA Lee. Vol. II INT ASSOC ENGINEERS-IAENG, 2009. p. 1970-1973 (Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science).

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works (RGC: 12, 32, 41, 45) › 32_Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

So, JCY & Chan, AHS 2009, Influence of Highlighting Validity on Dynamic Text Comprehension Performance. in O Castillo, C Douglas, DD Feng & JA Lee (eds), IMECS 2009: INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CONFERENCE OF ENGINEERS AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS. vol. II, Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, INT ASSOC ENGINEERS-IAENG, pp. 1970-1973, International Multi-Conference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2009 (IMECS 2009), Kowloon, Hong Kong, 18/03/09.

So, J. C. Y., & Chan, A. H. S. (2009). Influence of Highlighting Validity on Dynamic Text Comprehension Performance. In O. Castillo, C. Douglas, DD. Feng, & JA. Lee (Eds.), IMECS 2009: INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CONFERENCE OF ENGINEERS AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS (Vol. II, pp. 1970-1973). (Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science). INT ASSOC ENGINEERS-IAENG.

So JCY, Chan AHS. Influence of Highlighting Validity on Dynamic Text Comprehension Performance. In Castillo O, Douglas C, Feng DD, Lee JA, editors, IMECS 2009: INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CONFERENCE OF ENGINEERS AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS. Vol. II. INT ASSOC ENGINEERS-IAENG. 2009. p. 1970-1973. (Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science).

So, Joey C.Y. ; Chan, Alan H.S. / Influence of Highlighting Validity on Dynamic Text Comprehension Performance. IMECS 2009: INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CONFERENCE OF ENGINEERS AND COMPUTER SCIENTISTS. editor / O Castillo ; C Douglas ; DD Feng ; JA Lee. Vol. II INT ASSOC ENGINEERS-IAENG, 2009. pp. 1970-1973 (Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science).