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Re: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation
Subject:Re: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation From:cewinch -at- aep -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:29:33 -0400
Arroxane, thank you for sending this! It provides scientific proof of what
we've known all along. Not only were the rhetoric principles we learned in
school correct (for those of us with formal communications training), but
also...that it's not "just" formating. Formatting communicates something!
So--now we have a little something to show our less-convinced
coworkers.... :-)
Thanks?
Connie
Connie Winch
Technical Communications Facilitator
Transmission Line Project Engineering Standards
American Electric Power
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Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation
"The students who received the exercise instructions written in the easy
to read, Arial font, believed that the workout regimen would take less
time and feel easier compared to the students who received the directions
in the harder to read font. More importantly, when the instructions were
written in an easy to read font, the students were more willing to make
exercise a part of their daily routine. The results of the second
experiment were similar. Again, the students who read the recipe in an
easy to read font determined it would take a shorter time to prepare and
not require a lot of culinary skill to complete. In addition, the students
who received the easy to read recipe were more willing to attempt the
recipe than the group who had the difficult to read directions. "
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