Evaluating the readability of instructional visuals |
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Authors: | Chris Lantz |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Media and Educational Technology, Western Illinois University, 37 Horrabin Hall, 61455. (309) 298-1744 Macomb, IL |
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Abstract: | Text readability has developed from a crude means to classify subjective judgment on text characteristics, to a more theoretical
position which compares these attributes with learner characteristics. Visual readability may be following a similar evolutionary
path to that of text readability. The Picture Readability Index (PRI) developed in this study utilizes an, interdisciplinary
battery of methods adapted from the fields of linguistics, reading, and cognitive psychology. The PRI is designed to assess
the readability of instructional illustrations. Readability referes to the success of the image as defined by its objective
or caption. Images can be readable in the sense that they inspire cognitive and affective processing. Photographs with low
readability inspire reactions that do not go beyond initial first glance responses. |
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