Personalized Reading Formats Make Better Readers A Readability SXSW EDU Panel Help us get to Austin for SXSW EDU 2022! We would love to share the latest research and plans for using Personalized Reading Formats to improve educational outcomes. Vote for this important discussion on creating more equitable learning environments by August 26th. Description…
More Readable Text Formats, Reading Personalized for the Individual Very subtle changes in text format can create meaningful changes in comprehension for readers (Dr. Susanne Nobles of ReadWorks at the Adobe for Education Summit). A novel 2021 reading study evaluated 250 K-8th grade students using text formats featuring varied character spacing and/or width. Great…
Personalized Reading is the Future While the Jetsons foretold large screens, electronic reading, and virtual meetings, they completely missed the promise of personalized text formats for better reading experiences. In a recent discussion with the California Department of Education, Barbara Murchison, Director Educator Excellence of Equity Division didn’t miss the importance of better…
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From the ProLiteracy Blog A recent blog on the ProLiteracy website highlights the topic of readability and an upcoming session at the ProLiteracy Conference in September. ProLiteracy’s Laura McLaughlin notes that, “Literacy instructors know how important fluency is to a student’s overall ability to read and comprehend text. By gaining fluency, a new reader…
A Discussion on Reading, Resources for Educators and Readability Research Readability Matters got the chance to sit down with Dr. Susanne Nobles, the Chief Academic Officer of the education-focused nonprofit, ReadWorks. We learned more about ReadWorks and the work Dr. Nobles does to advance research-informed readability solutions. Thank you so much, Susanne, for…
The Launch of a Readability Research Community Bringing Together Experts From Vision Science, Cognitive Science, Human Factors, Education, Typography, and more Dr. Zoya Bylinskii, Research Scientist at Adobe, began exploring readability in 2019 with her Adobe collaborator Rick Treitman, together with an intern – PhD candidate Shaun Wallace of Brown University. Coming to the…
Get More Done: Improve Reading Speed, Accuracy, and Comprehension Increasingly, reading is done on digital devices. Technology provides an opportunity to move from a one-size-fits-all model to one personalized for each reader. Small changes to text format can improve readability and maximize the reader’s ability to comprehend quickly and accurately. Readability Does Matter. Readers of…
A Discussion About Eye Tracking and the Potential to Advance Readability Research Readability Matters recently Zoomed with Alexandra Papoutsaki, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Pomona College. We learned more about Alexandra’s research, her development of webcam-based eye tracking, and how it can advance readability research. Tell us more about…
What does Spaghetti Sauce have to do with Readability? On National Spaghetti Day (Jan 4), we remember best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell’s TED talk, “Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce.” Malcolm covers the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce—and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice. Gladwell explains that Howard Moskowitz “has…