Interrelationships of size of print, visual distance (ViD) and speed of reading of young children were investigated. Silent reading of 5–8 year olds was focussed upon, yielding results which supplemented and replicated those of an earlier investigation by the author dealing with the oral reading of 9–13 year olds.
A central hypothesis that ViD varies inversely with size of print was advanced to account for the finding that speed of reading bears no relation to size of print being read. The hypothesis was supported and implications were discussed.
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