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Rahmawati, Laili Etika; Sulistyono, Yunus – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
Nowadays, text readability is of great importance. Simple but very often ignored, readability statistics can provide information about the level of difficulty of the readability of particular documents and increase an evaluator's credibility. Hence, this research aims to examine the readability index of the test instrument for BIPA (Bahasa…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Readability, Reading Achievement, Test Construction
Ulusoy, Mustafa – International Education Journal, 2006
Finding the right fit between students' reading ability and textbooks is very important for comprehension. Readability studies aim to analyse texts to find the right fit between students and texts. In this literature review, readability studies are classified under quantitative, qualitative and combined quantitative-qualitative readability…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cloze Procedure, Readability, Textbooks
Chapman, L. John – 1986
To develop a new model of the reading process, a longitudinal study investigated the importance of the concepts of cohesion and register (fiction or nonfiction) in the assessment of text readability. Subjects, 436 8-year-olds (Cohort A), 474 10-year-olds (Cohort B), and 445 13-year-olds (Cohort C) from 23 urban and rural British schools--most of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Secondary Education, Fiction