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A Syllable Frequency Count.

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Sakiey, Elizabeth; And Others – Visible Language, 1980

Describes a study that developed a syllable rank order list and attempted to answer such questions as "What is the most common syllable? and "What is the next most common syllable?" (HOD)

Descriptors: Classification, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Statistical Analysis

A Postal Survey of OU Students' Reading Skills.

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Macdonald-Ross, Michael; Scott, Bernard – Open Learning, 1997

Analysis of reading tests (cloze and vocabulary) completed by first-year undergraduates at the Open University (Great Britain) demonstrated that many students in open-entry undergraduate programs have difficulty reading academic texts and that this difficulty has a negative impact on their success. (Contains 18 figures and six tables.) (PEN)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cloze Procedure, Foreign Countries, Higher Education