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Peer reviewedKaiser, Robert A.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1975
Provides a preliminary look at the syntactic complexity of primary grade reading materials commonly used for initial reading instruction. (RB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Instructional Materials, Primary Education, Readability
Peer reviewedKibby, Michael W. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Concludes that teachers should use less difficult reading material when administering oral reading tests for a true picture of a child's syntactic and contextual strategies. (MKM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Elementary Education, Miscue Analysis, Oral Reading
Peer reviewedGlazer, Susan Mandel – Reading Teacher, 1974
Reviews research using sentence length as a factor in predicting readability and discusses the possibility of sentence complexity as a more accurate variable. (TO)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Readability
