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Peer reviewedChiang-Soong, Betty; Yager, Robert E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Evaluated and compared 12 science textbooks with respect to their readability levels and agreement with the intended reader level. Four of the books were determined to be unsatisfactory for their intended grade levels. (20 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Content Area Reading, General Science
Peer reviewedWood, Terry L.; Wood, William L. – Science Education, 1988
Examines the reading level and potential comprehension level of 10 fourth-grade science textbooks. Reports that there is a great deal of variability between and within the science texts. (YP)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Grade 4
Peer reviewedHollabaugh, Mark – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Provides step-by-step procedures for developing an index which uses the Gunning Fog technique to evaluate the level of reading difficulty of textbooks. Cites examples, illustrations, and several warnings in the discussion. (RT)
Descriptors: College Science, Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedOsborn, Jean H.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1985
Discusses the applicability of research into cognitive schemas, metacognition, instructional design, and learning strategies to textbook creation; the value of well-structured, coherent, and focused texts; readability formulas, narrative characteristics, science and social studies texts, glossaries, dictionaries, teachers' manuals, and practice…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Coherence, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design
PDF pending restorationWashington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1983
This basal reading series cross-reference guide can help educators (1) place students transfering from another basal program; (2) select appropriate enrichment basal programs to satisfy school district policies; (3) identify and select reinforcement skill exercises from other basal programs; (4) identify basal reading materials with similar skills…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Readability, Reading Comprehension
