Does typographic design of examination materials affect performance

Information Design Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-138

  Lonsdale, Maria Dos Santos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Legibility; Question and answer sheet layout; Reading examinations; Search reading; Text layout

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249141991     PISSN: 01425471     EISSN: 1569979X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/idj.15.2.04lon     Document Type: Article

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