声明
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Chapter Ⅰ．Introduction
1．1 Background
Chapter Ⅱ．Literature review
2．1 Reading from the psychological perspective
2．1．1 Short-term memory load
2．1．2 Data chunking
2．1．3 Cognition
2．1．4 Reading speed
2．2 Reading measurement
2．3 Format，Column，Font type and Font size，Line spacing
2．3．1 Format size
2．3．2 Column setting
2．3．3 Font type and font size
2．3．4 Line spacing
2．4 Researches on factors affecting reading efficiency
2．4．1 The content of reading materials
2．4．2 Format design
2．5 Research about the influence of column setting on reading comprehension
2．5．1 The comparison between one-column and two-column articles
2．5．2 The comparison between one-column and three-column reading materials
2．5．3 The comparison of one-column，two-column and three-column reading materials
2．6 Research on factors affecting column setting
2．6．1 Line length
2．6．2 Line spacing and alignment
2．6．3 Font type and font size
Chapter Ⅲ．Research design
3．1 Research purposes and research questions
3．1．1 Research purposes
3．1．2 Research questions
3．2 Research design
3．2．1 Pilot study
3．2．2 Subjects
3．2．3 Research materials
3．2．4 The experiment
Chapter Ⅳ．Data collection and analysis
4．1 Reading comprehension index
4．1．1 Reading comprehension score
4．1．2 Reading time
4．1．3 Reading speed
4．1．4 Reaction time
4．1．5 Reading efficiency
4．2 Data collection and analysis
Chapter Ⅴ．Discussion
5．1 Reading time and reading speed
5．2 Reading comprehension score and reading efficiency
5．3 Reaction time
Chapter Ⅵ．Conclusion
6．1 Findings of the present research
6．2 Implications
6．3 Limitations and suggestions for future research
References
Appendix Ⅰ
Appendix Ⅱ
