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Peer reviewedSmith, Lawrence L. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Provides tables to be used with the Spache Revised Readability Formula that decrease the number of necessary calculations. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Primary Education, Readability Formulas, Tables (Data)
Direct linkGeiger, John F.; Millis, Keith K. – Reading Psychology an international quarterly, 2004
The present study examined the unique contributions of readers' goal and text structure on comprehension. In Experiment 1, participants read procedural and descriptive passages to perform the procedures, summarize the passages, or to answer questions. The perform goal showed highest comprehension, with no difference due to text type. In Experiment…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Reading Comprehension, Higher Education, College Students
