TY - GEN
T1 - Validity of highlighting on text comprehension
AU - So, Joey C.Y.
AU - Chan, Alan H.S.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Highlighting
KW - Human performance
KW - Light-emitting diodes (LED) display
KW - Validity of highlighting dynamic text display
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U2 - 10.1063/1.3256250
DO - 10.1063/1.3256250
M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
SN - 9780735407138
VL - 1174
SP - 217
EP - 224
BT - AIP Conference Proceedings
T2 - International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, IMECS 2009
Y2 - 18 March 2009 through 20 March 2009
ER -