{ "item_title" : "Easy to Read Equals Easy to Learn. Text-Design and the Intake and Memorization of Information in a Classroom Setting", "item_author" : [" Herbert Schmidt "], "item_description" : "Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2019 in the subject Pedagogy - Class Preparation General, grade: keine, language: English, abstract: This study examines wether a well designed text aids pupils or students to read and understand the text and increase or ease the information intake. It is aimed to offer a guideline on how a text should be designed to enhance the learning effect and to offer the easiest and most efficient design for a student to work with. The study was conducted in several classrooms of a vocational school in Austria. Given the age bracket which is centered roughly around 17 and 18 year old students, the results could have a relevance for adult students as well. The study showed that a well designed text led to 18.8 % increase in reading speed, a 13.5% increase in remembered information as well as an 32.1 % increase in testing time. The biggest difference however was the time needed to retrieve information from the text with a 36.9 % In general, wh working with the text, the reader friendly designed texts proved to be easier to read, faster to use and helped in remembering the information.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/3/34/601/028/3346010287_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "25.50", "online_price" : "25.50", "our_price" : "25.50", "club_price" : "25.50", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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