Medium of presentation interacts with font fluency: disfluent font yields higher success rates on computer but lower on paper¶
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q3 i? In Sidi et al.'s Experiment 2, success rates were higher on computer for disfluent than fluent font, but higher on paper for fluent than disfluent font; confidence was higher for fluent paper-based material only. → Bjork 2016
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Bjork 2016¶
Bjork, R. A., & Yue, C. L. (2016). Commentary: Is disfluency desirable? Metacognition Learning, 11, 133–137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-016-9156-8
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Sidi, Ophir, and Ackerman had participants complete problem-solving tasks on computer or paper in fluent or disfluent font, measuring success rate (Experiments 1 and 2) and confidence (Experiment 2), as summarized in this commentary. Experiment 1 showed no effects; Experiment 2 showed the medium-by-fluency interaction.
"in Experiment 2, they observed an interaction between medium and fluency: Success rates were higher on the computer for disfluent font than for fluent font, but higher on paper for fluent font than for disfluent font."
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Medium of presentation interacts with font fluency: disfluent font yields higher success rates on computer but lower on paper |
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Medium of presentation interacts with font fluency: disfluent font yields higher success rates on computer but lower on paper |
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