The search by many investigators for a solution to the reading problems encountered by individuals with no central vision has been long and, to date, not very fruitful. Most textual manipulations, including font size, have led to only modest gains in reading speed. Previous work on spatial integrative properties of peripheral retina suggests that 'visual crowding' may be a major factor contribu...

In this quasi-experimental study, which is part of a series of investigations on supplemental reading tutoring variations, the relative effectiveness of more intense decoding instruction or text reading practice was examined. Fifty-seven first-grade students scoring in the lowest quartile for reading skills received either classroom reading instruction or one of two treatments: tutoring in word...

ôbjective: the current research tested the differences in reading attitude and reading comprehension in the dyslexic students between the control group and the experimental group following the barton intervention program. methods: dyslexia screening instrument and reading text were employed in order to identify dyslexic students. the population of the study included 138 dyslexic students studyi...

This paper describes Read-X, a system designed to identify text that is appropriate for the reader given his thematic choices and the reading ability associated with his educational background. To our knowledge, Read-X is the first web-based system that performs real-time searches and returns results classified thematically and by reading level within seconds. To facilitate educators or student...

Previous text processing techniques focus on text itself while neglecting human reading process. Therefore they are limited in special applications. This paper proposes a text scanning mechanism for generating the dynamic impressions of words in text by simulating recall, association and forget processes during reading. Experiments show that the mechanism is suitable for multiple text processin...