TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual-syntactic text formatting
T2 - A new method to enhance online reading
AU - Walker, Stan
AU - Schloss, Phil
AU - Fletcher, Charles R.
AU - Vogel, Charles A.
AU - Walker, Randall C.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - A new process, visual-syntactic text formatting (VSTF), transforms block-shaped text into cascading patterns that help readers identify grammatical structure. The new method integrates converging evidence from educational, visual, and cognitive research, and is made feasible through computer-executed algorithms and electronic displays. Among college readers, the VSTF method instantly increased reading comprehension and efficiency of reading online text, while reducing eyestrain. Among high school students, who read with the format over an entire academic year, the VSTF method increased both academic achievement and long-term reading proficiency by more than a full standard deviation over randomized controls.
AB - A new process, visual-syntactic text formatting (VSTF), transforms block-shaped text into cascading patterns that help readers identify grammatical structure. The new method integrates converging evidence from educational, visual, and cognitive research, and is made feasible through computer-executed algorithms and electronic displays. Among college readers, the VSTF method instantly increased reading comprehension and efficiency of reading online text, while reducing eyestrain. Among high school students, who read with the format over an entire academic year, the VSTF method increased both academic achievement and long-term reading proficiency by more than a full standard deviation over randomized controls.
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M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:22844436218
SN - 1096-1232
VL - 8
JO - Reading Online
JF - Reading Online
IS - 6
ER -
