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| Cloze Procedure | 1 |
| Individual Differences | 1 |
| Readability Formulas | 1 |
| Reader Text Relationship | 1 |
| Reading Comprehension | 1 |
| Reading Research | 1 |
| Technical Writing | 1 |
| Text Structure | 1 |
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| Journal of Technical Writing… | 1 |
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| Connatser, Bradford R. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedConnatser, Bradford R. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1999
Proposes that readability formulas cannot predict text difficulty. Presents results of an experiment designed to demonstrate that "text difficulty" is determined by individual differences (perception) and not by the objective qualities of a text. (NH)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Individual Differences, Readability Formulas, Reader Text Relationship
