Arnold J Wilkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 5706276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arnold J Wilkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arnold J |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilkins |
| SIGNATURE | WILKINS A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9322-0461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reading at a distance: Implications for the design of text in children's big books
Background: Visual acuity, typically measured by the ability to name letters at a distance, is poorer when letters are small and closely spaced. It has been suggested that reading can be affected by letter size and spacing. Aim: To determine the effect of text size and spacing on the ability to read at a distance, with a view to helping with the design of text in children's ‘Big Books’. Sample: The visual acuity of 200 children aged between 6 and…
Prolonged use of coloured overlays for classroom reading
Ninety‐three children in a primary school and 59 children in two first‐year classes of a secondary school were asked individually to observe a paragraph of random letters arranged to resemble text, and to compare the perceptual effects on its clarity of coloured plastic sheets overlaid on the text. A total of 29 colours were compared using 10 coloured plastic sheets and 19 pairwise combinations of sheets, one superimposed on another. The resultin…
Sizing up categories: A reply to Morris (1977)
Morris (1977) claims that Wilkins' (1971) measure of category size may be inappropriate. In this reply to his criticism it will be argued that Wilkins' measure is perfectly appropriate, but that size, as a unitary concept, is inappropriate
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Sizing up categories: A reply to Morris (1977)
Morris (1977) claims that Wilkins' (1971) measure of category size may be inappropriate. In this reply to his criticism it will be argued that Wilkins' measure is perfectly appropriate, but that size, as a unitary concept, is inappropriate
Prolonged use of coloured overlays for classroom reading
Ninety‐three children in a primary school and 59 children in two first‐year classes of a secondary school were asked individually to observe a paragraph of random letters arranged to resemble text, and to compare the perceptual effects on its clarity of coloured plastic sheets overlaid on the text. A total of 29 colours were compared using 10 coloured plastic sheets and 19 pairwise combinations of sheets, one superimposed on another. The resultin…
Reading at a distance: Implications for the design of text in children's big books
Background: Visual acuity, typically measured by the ability to name letters at a distance, is poorer when letters are small and closely spaced. It has been suggested that reading can be affected by letter size and spacing. Aim: To determine the effect of text size and spacing on the ability to read at a distance, with a view to helping with the design of text in children's ‘Big Books’. Sample: The visual acuity of 200 children aged between 6 and…
Psychology (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Reading (process) (2 works) · Audiology (1 works) · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (1 works) · Color perception and design (1 works) · Communication (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)