Reading Text Formats Improve Comprehension What if a simple change to text format could help students comprehend more? There is growing evidence that the best text style is different for each individual. Text features such as shape, size and spacing impact individuals differently. Readability Matters is proud to announce the publication of our…
Readability Research From The Applied Perception and Psychophysics Laboratory University of Toronto Mississauga The Applied Perception and Psychophysics Laboratory at the University of Toronto Mississauga focuses on questions at the intersection of vision science and real-world problems and takes a use-inspired approach to research. This approach means that the lab looks to real-world…
Text Format Impacts Reading Comprehension Personalizing text formats can improve reading outcomes for school-aged children. Reading comprehension, the ability to successfully extract information from text, is a critical skill, yet many students struggle to learn to read across many countries. In the United States, only 35% of 4th graders and 34% of 8th graders…
The Rise of Customization We can customize our cars, our clothes, and even our food. But what about the things that have the potential to improve our performance? Our golf clubs and our running shoes are examples of things that can be customized to create these performance improvements. Just as eye doctors can make…