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Kettlewell, Gail B. – 1983
College students can read, but they often lack the prereading and postreading skills needed to help them think about and respond to what they read. A three-step plan can help students read and understand the text more fully. The first step entails using measures of fitness to determine: (1) the grade level of the text being considered and how it…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education, Readability Formulas

De Paor, Declan G. – Journal of Geological Education, 1989
Background information, data input, data analysis, and advantages of using this method with this software are discussed. A flowchart of the event-trapping program structure and a printout of the program are included. (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education

Deacon, Christopher G. – Physics Teacher, 1992
Describes two simple methods of error analysis: (1) combining errors in the measured quantities; and (2) calculating the error or uncertainty in the slope of a straight-line graph. Discusses significance of the error in the comparison of experimental results with some known value. (MDH)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Goodness of Fit, High Schools, Higher Education