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| Journal of Reading Behavior | 5 |
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Peer reviewedBurkhead, Marie; Ulferts, Greg – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1977
Using 48 college texts, comparisons were made of Dale-Chall Readability Formula results based on samples taken from various page intervals. (HOD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Readability, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedKincaid, J. Peter; Gamble, Louis G. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1977
Presents results of a study comparing standard automobile insurance policies which are difficult to understand with passages from new readable insurance policies, using the cloze procedure with 150 college and high school students in three reading-ability groups. (JM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Insurance, Readability
Peer reviewedEntin, Eileen B.; Klare, George R. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1978
Seven passages of a published reading comprehension test were administered to college students to compare the regular multiple choice test scores with scores on two forms of a cloze test and with readability formula values. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedGlazer, Susan Mandel; Morrow, Lesley Mandel – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1978
A study assessed and compared the syntax in the oral language of six-, seven-, and eight-year-olds with the syntax in the written language of reading instruction textbooks prepared for children of the same age. (HOD)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedHoffman, James V.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1994
Examines the first-grade materials in five new basal programs submitted for the 1993 Texas state adoption, comparing them with program materials currently in use in the state. Finds substantial changes in the more recent series. Interprets findings in terms of historical trends as well as recent developments in the literature-based and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1
