Reading at a distance: Implications for the design of text in children's big books

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-226

  Hughes, Laura E ^b   Wilkins, Arnold J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; CHILD; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; READING; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; SIZE PERCEPTION; TEXTBOOKS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036618175     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709902158856     Document Type: Article

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