字型大小與閱讀速度、不同層次閱讀理解的關係研究

The Study of the Relationship of Font Size on Reading Speed and Comprehension Levels

賴青芬(Lai Ching-Fen)

指導教授 ： 郭俊顯

亞洲大學/人文社會學院/心理學系/碩士(2009年)

摘要

閱讀是目前極受關注的議題之一。近來已有許多關於影像顯示終端機中字型、
字型大小與閱讀速度的研究，卻少見紙本印刷字型大小和閱讀間關係的研究。本研
究藉由三種不同大小中文字型（標楷體8、10、12 點字型）評估字型大小對閱讀成
效的影響，並進而探討字型大小、測驗題型與理解層次之關係。本研究包含兩個實
驗，實驗一為完全參與者內設計，以24 名中國醫藥大學修習概念圖課程的學生為實
驗對象。參與者在閱讀三篇不同字型大小、不同文本的文章，以單選題測驗及繪製
概念圖進行評量，以了解字型大小與閱讀速度、正確率及閱讀理解之關係。實驗一
結果發現10 點字型的閱讀速度最快，雖字型大小不影響單選題得分，卻影響概念圖
得分。實驗一不一致的結果可能來自不同難度的閱讀理解測驗，因此實驗二探討字
型大小與閱讀速度、不同難度閱讀理解測驗之關係。採用51 名亞洲大學學生為實驗
參與者，參與者閱讀三篇不同題材不同字型大小的文章，並同時接受三種不同難度
的閱讀理解測驗。實驗二結果發現：十點字型時同樣有最快的閱讀速度，字型大小
不影響三種題型的得分，但在不同理解層次及題型中，參與者的理解測驗得分顯著
不同。綜合以上結果，字型大小會影響閱讀速度，中文標楷體以10 點字型閱讀速度
最快；字型大小是否會影響閱讀理解，受到閱讀理解測驗難度的調控，但仍不能排
除有其他因素(例如動機)的影響。

關鍵字

閱讀速度 ； 正確率 ； 字型大小 ； 理解層次 ； 難度

並列摘要

Reading is one of the most regarded issue presently. Recently, there have been many
studies to discuss the relationship between the font size and reading speed on video
display terminals. However, there is little study to discuss the relationship between the
font size and reading speed in printed Chinese. This study was aimed to evaluate the
effects of printed Chinese in three font size (8pt, 10pt, 12pt) on reading performance and
to understand the relationship among font size, types of reading comprehension test and
comprehension levels. Two experiments were included in this study. In experiment 1, the
complete within-participant design was used and twenty-four participants who were
learning Mind Mapping in China Medical University were recruited. Participants were
asked to read three articles in different font size and content. The reading speed was
measured by the time needed to finish reading. The reading accuracy and comprehension
were determined by multiple choices and drawing a concept map. Results showed that
reading speed was the highest in 10pt font size, but a significant difference was found in
concept mapping test, but no in multiple choice test. The difficulty of reading
comprehension test was suggested to be the modulator of font size effect. Therefore, three
reading comprehension tests (multiple-choice, matching, and concept mapping) with
different difficulty levels were used in experiment 2. Fifty-one Participants from Asia
University were asked to read three texts in different font size and different content,
followed by the comprehension tests. Results also showed that reading speed was the
highest in 10pt. Although reading comprehension scores was significant different from
each other, font size had no effect on them. Taken together, the results clearly showed that
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font size affect reading speed. These results also suggested that the effect of font size on
reading comprehension was modulated by the difficulty level of reading comprehension
test, but other variables, such as motivation, were not excluded.

並列關鍵字

reading speed ； accuracy ； print size ； comprehension levels ； difficulty

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