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Fry, Edward – 1989
The use of readability formulas is spreading into the courts and legislatures as one objective measure to protect the basic rights of citizens. Court cases and legislation involving the readability of Federal Government forms and correspondence, materials concerning criminal rights, consumer product labeling, ballot measures, and warranties and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Legal Problems, Readability, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedDreher, Mariam Jean; Singer, Harry – Theory into Practice, 1989
Explains eight categories of friendly text features: text organization, signaling, discourse consistency, cohesion, explication, conceptual density, metadiscourse, and instructional devices. Extratext determinants of readability (reader, goal, teacher) are also examined. Within the context of two models of reading, the interaction of these…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Discourse Modes, Intermediate Grades, Readability
