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Klare, George R. – 1981
Two studies investigated the relationships between readability, prior knowledge, and interest in the material being read. In the first study, 169 college freshmen read cloze passages of materials from the Nelson-Denny Reading Tests, then one week later read the whole passages and completed the related multiple choice questions. A control group…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Difficulty Level, High School Seniors, Prior Learning
Fowler, Gilbert Len, Jr.; Smith, Edward J. – 1980
The Flesch readability formula was used to analyze 192 100-word samples from selected matching issues of "Time" and "Newsweek." It was hypothesized that "immediate-reward" types of news, such as sports, social, and human interest events, would be significantly more readable (fewer syllables per 100 words and fewer…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Media Research, Periodicals
Download full textBaldauf, Richard B., Jr.; Propst, Ivan K., Jr. – 1981
This paper assesses the effectiveness of readability indices, standard cloze procedure, and the matching cloze procedure as determinants of the readability of supplementary English materials for elementary ESL students in a Pacific Island context. A review of readability indices and the standard cloze procedure indicated that neither procedure is…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
