Re: Learning more from harder-to-read fonts?
"Sharp, Roger" <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:04:53 -0700
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A comment I would make about disfluency is that while it increased
retention, it decreased confidence in putting the information to use.
While this may be an acceptable trade-off for students, in industries
where customers are reading the text, this may not be a trade-off at
all.
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Roger Sharp
www.dataio.com
Redmond, WA
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vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>A comment =
I would make about disfluency is that while it increased retention, it =
decreased confidence in putting the information to use. While this may =
be an acceptable trade-off for students, in industries where customers =
are reading the text, this may not be a trade-off at =
all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-family:"Tw Cen =
MT","sans-serif";color:#262626'>Roger Sharp<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-family:"Tw Cen =
MT","sans-serif";color:#262626'><a =
href=3D"http://www.dataio.com">www.dataio.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></=
p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-family:"Tw Cen =
MT","sans-serif";color:#262626'>Redmond, WA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p =
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