The study compared computer assisted instruction with a speech synthesizer and teacher instruction to teach grocery sight words to three moderately retarded adults in an alternating treatments design. Two of the subjects learned equally well with either method while one learned only in the teacher-taught situation. (Author/DB)

This report was prepared to assist the United States Army in evaluating the usefulness of readability formulas in identifying material that will be comprehended by readers at a given reading skill level. Existing readability methods and research findings were reviewed against three major criterion questions and the findings are discussed. The…