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Hartley, James; And Others – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1980
Discusses the method used for rewriting a piece of technical text to improve readability, compares several readability measures of the revised text, and notes difficulties encountered in the study. (CHC)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Literary Criticism, Measurement Techniques, Readability
The Effects of Line Length and Paragraph Denotation on the Retrieval of Information from Prose Text.
Peer reviewedHartley, James; And Others – Visible Language, 1978
Results of a study involving approximately 500 sixth and seventh graders suggest that a two-column layout with traditional paragraphing denotation is more readable than a single-column layout, but that an extreme line length does not place an undue strain on the reader. (Examples of the two formats are included.) (GT)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Layout (Publications), Paragraphs
Peer reviewedHartley, James – Visible Language, 1980
Comments on the rationale and methodology of the textual cue experiments of L. T. Frase and B. J. Schwartz (see EJ 203 980) and describes two studies that attempted to replicate and extend their findings using a different methodology. (Author/GT)
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Organization, Readability
