Slant Top
Slant Top
Ergonomic Benefits of Using a Reading and Writing Slant Board
There’s a reason why school desks used to be slanted back in the old days. Unfortunately, most of today’s classrooms seem to have forgotten what that reason is. Educators recognized a long time ago the benefits of using a slanted surface to read and write. Slanted surfaces make both activities easier for students, facilitating learning and preventing posture and vision problems. It is all based on ergonomics, the science of designing work and learning equipment and environments so that they fit human beings in a way that is optimal both to the health of the worker/student as well as his or her productivity/learning ability.
In terms of reading and writing, the ergonomics of slanted surfaces is based on the simple fact that, when we are reading, we have a natural tendency to tilt the material towards us. It is more comfortable to have material slanted towards you. Using a slanted writing and reading surface automatically lets the letters on the page come into focus better without needing to strain you eyes. It also lets you track lines with greater ease and keeps letters and numbers in a consistent perspective as you make your way down the page.
The result of all these factors is that your brain doesn’t have to work as hard at interpreting the written symbols, thus leaving it with more resources to actually comprehend, learn and analyze what it has just read. This also means you are less mentally fatigued by the end of a reading/study/writing session.
Buy a whiteboard. Reading and writing slant boards being sold today are created with the intent of providing students and people in general with an optimal environment in which to work and study. Pioneering studies, the results of which have been published in scientific journals like the American Journal of Optometry Archive, have shown that there is a strong relationship between a person’s learning/working efficiency and his/her posture, work distance and work surface.
Learning performance improves especially when the right conditions are established during near-point visual activities, i.e. reading and writing. To this end, the optimal angle for reading and writing surfaces has been found to be between 20 and 23 degrees, with the person sitting at a fist-to-elbow distance from the working surface.
Adjustable slant boards let you find your optimal angle. Many slant boards also come with additional built-in features like a whiteboard, so that you won’t need to buy a whiteboards separately. A proper reading and writing set-up will help reduce your heart rate, help you maintain a better breathing pattern and reduce neck and body tension by compelling you to sit using proper posture.
About the Author
Ryan Frank is a 23 year writer and blogger living in San Diego, CA.
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