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Chall, Jeanne S.; Bissex, Glenda L.; Conard, Sue S.; Harris-Sharples, Susan – 1996
This book presents a method for the qualitative assessment of text difficulty, a method that relies on a total impression rather than on an analysis of text features. The method is based on matching samples of text to exemplars that have been scaled for comprehension difficulty. These exemplars range in difficulty from those suitable for the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Methods, Qualitative Research
Peer reviewedValdes, Guadalupe; And Others – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1984
Discusses how current procedures for selecting/constructing equivalent texts may lead to error because of their specific limitations; proposes the utilization of micro-propositional analysis coupled with word-frequency lists and readability formulas for constructing "matching" texts; presents some procedures which researchers working in…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, English, Multilingual Materials
Download full textSmith, Lyle R. – 1987
High school students (N=213) of various ability levels enrolled in first-year algebra classes were presented lessons concerning geometry concepts. The lessons were varied according to the degree of complexity of the examples that were presented. Students then were tested over their understanding of the concepts. The test questions ranged from…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, Educational Research
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 reviewedStewart, David A.; And Others – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1992
A "Signability Index" is presented for sign language interpretation of children's books. The index is based on such variables as reading rate, sentence length, quantity of text used to express thoughts, word imagery, and complexity and concreteness of passages. Suggested books for classroom reading are listed, categorized by six levels of…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Deaf Interpreting
Graveel, John G.; Fribourg, Henry A. – Journal of Agronomic Education, 1987
Reported is a study designed to determine whether reading grade level (RGL) assessment techniques used for elementary and secondary education textbooks would discriminate among plant and soil science textbooks. The study was to select the RGL indices suited to quantify the readability of these sources, and to identify the factors affecting…
Descriptors: Agronomy, College Science, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Uigur, a Turkic language spoken in the Sinkiang-Uigur Autonomous Region in northwest China and in the Soviet Socialist Republics of Kazakh and Uzbek, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers.…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Tigrinya, which is spoken in Ethiopia, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. Each report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Zulu is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Xhosa is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Portuguese is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching the language to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Dari, the dialect of Persian (Farsi) spoken in Afghanistan, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of Dari, the areas where it is…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Baluchi, the major regional language in Pakistan, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of Baluchi, the areas where it is spoken,…
Descriptors: Baluchi, Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Lao is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of Lao, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system, points of…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Lingala, a lingua franca spoken in central Africa, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of Lingala, the areas where it is spoken,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
