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Peer reviewedLindsey, Jimmy D.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1979
Reports that introductory textbooks about special education used at the college level differ in readability and that the cloze procedure can be used as an objective measure to use in selecting these textbooks. (FL)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
O'Brien, Maureen A. – 1987
Three basal reading series, levels kindergarten through grade three, were studied to categorize the types of literature each contained. The following series were analyzed: "The Headway Program" (Open Court Publishing Company), "Series r Macmillan Reading," and "Basics in Reading" (Scott, Foresman and Company). It was…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis, Literary Genres
Download full textArmbruster, Bonnie B.; Anderson, Thomas H. – 1981
Focusing on what authors can do to facilitate learning from content area textbooks, this report labels authors as "considerate," providing text that readers can understand with a minimum of cognitive effort, or as "inconsiderate," creating text that requires a conscientious, highly skilled effort if readers are to comprehend…
Descriptors: Authors, Check Lists, Cognitive Processes, Coherence
Peer reviewedRadencich, Marguerite C. – Reading World, 1984
Reviews results of a survey of reading/study skills texts for college developmental reading courses. Offers survey-based recommendations for selection of texts. (FL)
Descriptors: College Programs, Content Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education
Woodward, Arthur – 1985
To determine how textbook publishers have changed the content of teachers' manuals designed to accompany basal reading series, a study was undertaken to examine manuals published by two different publishers since the l920s. Ten fifth grade manuals were reviewed for physical characteristics, tests, number of stories, instructional suggestions,…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Educational History, Elementary Education
