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Hard-to-Read Fonts Improve Learning
arkenian writes "Difficult-to-read fonts make for better learning, according to scientists. The finding is about to be published in the international journal Cognition. Researchers at Princeton University employed volunteers to learn made-up information about different types of aliens — and found that those reading harder fonts recalled more when tested 15 minutes later. The article goes on to note a second test in a real school environment: 'Keen to see if their findings actually worked in practice, the Princeton University team then tested their results on 222 students aged between 15 and 18 at a secondary school in Chesterfield, Ohio.'... 'Students given the harder-to-read materials scored higher in their classroom assessments than those in the control group. This was the case across a range of subjects — from English, to Physics to History.'"
Ahem...
"disfluency" != "speech disfluency"
You'll notice there's another word there: 'speech'
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
... just trolling the grammar troll. Nothing to see here, move along.
For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
Well, from RTFAT, "Hard-to-Read Fonts Improve Learning", obviously this article does not apply to you, as you are obviously too old to be able to learn and retain anything new anymore.
This is for those young whipper-snappers on your front lawn.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!