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Tibbetts, Sylvia-Lee – Elementary English, 1973
Suggests readability formulas might have some worth even though they do not take into account all the aspects of the child's oral language skills. (MM)
Descriptors: Measurement Instruments, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis
Dohrman, Mary H. – Elementary English, 1975
Assigning enrichment articles that are of an appropriate readability level will discourage plagiarism.
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities, Language Arts, Plagiarism
Groff, Patrick, Ed. – Elementary English, 1971
Readability measurement has been a problem to the teacher for a long time. A solution to this problem may have finally been found in a recent study by John R. Bormuth entitled, "Development of Readability Analyses." (Washington: U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Research, 1969). (MR)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Language Ability, Linguistics, Readability
Smith, Edwin H.; And Others – Elementary English, 1972
Standards for the use of the informal inventory are guidelines, not absolute criteria, but which may by used with any type of reading material. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Guidelines, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics
Blair, Allen M. – Elementary English, 1971
Descriptors: Context Clues, Language Styles, Readability, Reading Comprehension
Golub, Lester S.; Kidder, Carole – Elementary English, 1974
A syntactic density instrument was devised to determine how children use specific syntactic structures in their oral and written language. (JH)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Evaluation Methods, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Medcalf, Robert L.; Ratz, Margaret – Elementary English, 1973
Discusses the advantages of the English-Unifon coding system and its five books for beginning reading instruction. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonemic Alphabets, Readability
Jongsma, Eugene A. – Elementary English, 1972
The mean of the librarian estimates closely approximated the formula results, seldom differing by even as much as one grade level." Sample questionnaire and statistical tables are included. (Author/SP)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Librarians, Questionnaires
Janz, Margaret L.; Smith, Edwin H. – Elementary English, 1972
Study was concerned with whether there is a practical difference between the reading ability of the eight, ninth, and tenth grade students and the readibility levels of their assigned textbooks in English, science and social studies. Findings show that most of the textbooks assigned were too difficult for effective instructional usage. (RB)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Instructional Materials, Readability, Reading Ability
Smith, Nila Banton – Elementary English, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Technology, Perception, Readability
Manzo, Anthony V. – Elementary English, 1970
Advises a moratorium on readability research because of inherent problems" in readability formulae which seem to predetermine the unprofitability of research employing them. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Linguistics, Readability, Reading Comprehension
Mary Julitta, Sister; Michaella, Sister – Elementary English, 1968
This list of over 200 books for retarded readers was compiled to fill the need for books which would be acceptable and interesting to older children reading at primary-grade levels of difficulty. Having been evaluated objectively by the Spache Readability Formula and subjectively by retarded readers in a reading clinic and in classrooms, the books…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
