Validity of highlighting on text comprehension

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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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAIP Conference Proceedings
Pages217-224
Volume1174
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Publication series

Name
Volume1174
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

TitleInternational MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, IMECS 2009
PlaceChina
CityHong Kong
Period18 - 20 March 2009

Abstract

In this study, 38 university students were tested with a Chinese reading task on an LED display under different task conditions for determining the effects of the highlighting and its validity on comprehension performance on light-emitting diodes (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 without highlighting effect was comparatively lower than those highlighting conditions with distracters, though not significant. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.

Research Area(s)

  • Highlighting, Human performance, Light-emitting diodes (LED) display, Validity of highlighting dynamic text display

Citation Format(s)

Validity of highlighting on text comprehension. / So, Joey C.Y.; Chan, Alan H.S.
AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1174 2009. p. 217-224.

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