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Peer reviewedLuiten, John; And Others – Reading World, 1979
Discusses a method for accurately assessing the internal variations in the readability of a book. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Textbook Evaluation
Peer reviewedEberwein, Lowell D. – Reading World, 1979
Reports two investigations, one related to the readability of certain basal readers and the other related to teacher knowledge of varying levels of readability of textbooks.
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedMiccinati, Jeannette – Reading World, 1978
Describes the development and the components of an instrument designed to assess the contents of educational materials. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Materials, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L.; Wheat, Thomas E. – Reading World, 1978
Recounts a study that shows that political stories have a higher readability level than sports stories, the average wire-service story has a higher readability level than the average non-wire service story, and newspapers may be harder to read than is commonly assumed. (TJ)
Descriptors: Newspapers, Readability, Reading Materials, Reading Research
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading World, 1979
Reports a study showing that reading comprehension of college students who were poor readers increased when passages were rewritten editing out abstract nouns and verb-nominalizations and replacing them with either concrete nouns or full verbs, but that comprehension of average and good readers did not change with the revisions. (TJ)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedStafford, Jerry – Reading World, 1975
Reviews the Sucher-Allred Reading Placement Inventory (S-ARPI), a commercially produced test that is similar in many respects to informal reading inventories. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedBradley, John M.; Ames, Wilbur S. – Reading World, 1978
Reports the findings of a study of the validity of six common assumptions concerning the readability of basal readers. Concludes that if teachers had access to reasonably complete information about the readability properties of basal readers and workbooks, improved reading instruction would result. (JM)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Elementary Education, Readability, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedTempleton, Shane; Mowery, Sally – Reading World, 1985
Reviews a line of research in which the readability of basal reader stories is assessed through a comparison of traditional and story grammar-based indices. Presents implications for the measurement of readability and the preparation of basal reader stories. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Readability
Peer reviewedIrwin, Judith W.; Witte, Pauline L. – Reading World, 1980
A study was made of the relationships between the number and clarity of mental images reported by college readers and their reported interest, perceived reading ease, and comprehension scores. Imagery ratings were not significantly related to comprehension scores, but for concrete passages they were significantly related to attitude and reading…
Descriptors: Adults, Higher Education, Readability, Reading Attitudes
Peer reviewedHoffman, James V. – Reading World, 1978
Purposes a reconsideration of the traditional notions regarding reading rate and flexibility (i.e., that the good reader is a flexible reader who adjusts reading rate to the difficulty of the material or the purpose for reading) and suggests that perhaps there is no relationship between reading rate and flexibility. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Readability, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedBean, Thomas W.; Brandt, Patti – Reading World, 1981
Concludes that the maze procedure tended to overestimate students' ability to cope with an unfamiliar text, while the cloze procedure appeared to be a reasonably accurate measure. (FL)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, History Instruction
Peer reviewedGlenn, Allen D.; Lewis, Vicky Johnson – Reading World, 1982
Provides five key questions teachers need to answer in order to determine whether a textbook can be used effectively in the classroom. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Illustrations
Peer reviewedGeyer, James R.; Carey, Albert R. – Reading World, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cloze Procedure, Instructional Materials, Junior High School Students
Peer reviewedSmith, Lewis B. – Reading World, 1982
Reports on a study in which passages from children's literature were prepared using cloze and presented to college and elementary school students. Reveals that neither group of students did well on the task. Questions the desirability of using cloze for matching readers to creative writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cloze Procedure, College Students, Elementary Education
