Changing fonts in education: How the benefits vary with ability and dyslexia

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-304

  French, M M J ^a   Blood, Arabella ^a   Bright, N D ^a   Futak, Dez ^a   Grohmann, M J ^a   Hasthorpe, Alex ^a   Heritage, John ^a   Poland, Remy L ^a   Reece, Simon ^a   Tabor, Jennifer ^a  

^a Clifton College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disfluent; dyslexia; font

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877672554     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2012.736430     Document Type: Article

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