Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2019 in the subject
Pedagogy - Class Preparation General, grade: keine, language: English,
abstract: This study examines wether a well designed text aids pupils or
students to read and understand the text and increase or ease the
information intake. It is aimed to offer a guideline on how a text
should be designed to enhance the learning effect and to offer the
easiest and most efficient design for a student to work with. The study
was conducted in several classrooms of a vocational school in Austria.
Given the age bracket which is centered roughly around 17 and 18 year
old students, the results could have a relevance for adult students as
well. The study showed that a well designed text led to 18.8 % increase
in reading speed, a 13.5% increase in remembered information as well as
an 32.1 % increase in testing time. The biggest difference however was
the time needed to retrieve information from the text with a 36.9 % In
general, wh working with the text, the reader friendly designed texts
proved to be easier to read, faster to use and helped in remembering the
information.