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Download full textRush, R. Timothy – 1984
Noting that readability formulas are strictly text-based and therefore do not reflect the interactive nature of the reading process, this paper argues that many of the instructional material evaluations for which such formulas are used are inappropriate and offers more reader-based alternatives to the use of formulas. The first half of the paper…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials, Readability
Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. Div. of Reading Effectiveness. – 1977
The purpose of this booklet is to assist local schools in making thorough assessments of instructional materials for textbook adoption. The booklet contains a checklist for evaluating instructional materials, a checklist summary sheet, and an appendix explaining readability analyses. The checklist is divided into eight sections: physical features…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Payne, Sandra S. – 1976
On the assumption that the verbal complexity of written examination materials used to select personnel for a job should be similar to the verbal complexity of materials that must be read and understood on the job, the Flesch Reading Ease Index was applied to samples of the reading materials required for successful entry-level job performance in…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Fire Fighters, Instructional Materials, Job Performance
Wood, Merle W. – Balance Sheet, 1977
Selection of instructional materials for business and distributive education programs is increasingly difficult because there are more materials, new courses, and programs, matching instruction to the student, and some teacher options. The writer presents steps for use by school personnel in evaluation and adoption of text materials. (MF)
Descriptors: Business Education, Distributive Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Anderson, Jonathan – 1981
The multicultural pattern in recent Australian immigration poses a pressing issue for reading instruction. Students coming from homes where only English is spoken, or English and a Northern European language are spoken, perform better on reading tests than do students from homes where other languages are spoken. There is also little reflection…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Lantz, Chris – 1994
To what extent can photographic readability be formalized for use as a criterion in the evaluation of instructional materials? The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot test a readability index for evaluating photographic illustrations in instructional materials. The index uses an interdisciplinary battery of methods adapted from the…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Comprehension, Criteria
