The Impact of a Specialized Font on the Reading Performance of Elementary Children with Reading Disability

Autor/inn/en	Powell, Steven L.; Trice, Ashton D.
Titel	The Impact of a Specialized Font on the Reading Performance of Elementary Children with Reading Disability
Quelle	In: Contemporary School Psychology, 24 (2020) 1, S.34-40 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Powell, Steven L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2159-2020
DOI	10.1007/s40688-019-00225-4
Schlagwörter	Reading Difficulties; Dyslexia; Reading Skills; Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Grade 5; Learning Disabilities; Reading Rate; Reading Comprehension; Accuracy; Layout (Publications) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Leseverstehen; Textgestaltung
Abstract	Dyslexie is a specialized font style that was designed to enhance reading performance in students with reading disabilities. The present study sought to examine Dyslexie's impact, compared to two commonly used fonts, on reading performance while controlling for Dyslexie's large size and spacing. We recruited 36 fourth and fifth grade students identified by their school districts as having a specific learning disability in the area of reading, asked them to read three stories aloud, and measured the students' speed, accuracy, and comprehension. We found that Dyslexie, when compared to other common fonts that have been adjusted to control for Dyslexie's large size and spacing, appears to have no effect on readers' accuracy, fluency, or comprehension. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01