READING PARADIGMS - FROM LAB TO CYBERSPACE

Computer-controlled display procedures useful for doing reading resear ch are discussed; The procedures-used in the present research vary the text unit size (from single words to half-sentences), the amount of c ontext available (no context and varying amounts of prior text), text movement (centered words or successive left-to-right placement), and u se of text highlighting (present, absent). The data suggest Links betw een the display attributes and the subjects' coding strategies during reading of mathematical word problems. Display at-tributes can influen ce the time course of processing, the subjectively coded mit size, and the nature of linguistic processing The data also have implications f or display attributes that may make reading in cyberspace more user fr iendly for both novice and expert readers.