The effect of display style and visual conditions on reading performance in computer based reading

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K04560
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: ujima kazuhito 広島大学, 教育学研究科, 准教授 (80432821)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 社会学 / 教育学 / 特別支援教育 / 視覚障害教育 / 支援技術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Experimentally investigated the effect of display format and character size on reading speed in participants with normal vision with 4 font sizes, and the reading speed decreased with the fixed format with the smallest size as the font size increased. It was inconsistent with the pseudo-state. We experimented with the same procedure at 7 font sizes, and confirmed the decline in reading speed in all display formats. Compared with the multiple comparison result of the reading speed of the low vision, the coincidence ratio of the magnitude relation of the display format was 81% and the character size was 0%. As a result of computing the maximum font sizes of participants with normal vision in the same environment, it was the same result as multiple comparison of previous experiments and showed applicability of Mansfield's algorithm. Sufficient reliability was maintained by the test-retest method for people with low vision.

Free Research Field

視覚障害教育