Descriptor
| College Freshmen | 2 |
| Readability | 2 |
| Readability Formulas | 2 |
| Reading Research | 2 |
| Bibliographies | 1 |
| Comparative Analysis | 1 |
| Content Area Reading | 1 |
| Difficulty Level | 1 |
| High School Seniors | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Prior Learning | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Fox, Dickie Lee | 1 |
| Klare, George R. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Klare, George R. – 1981
Two studies investigated the relationships between readability, prior knowledge, and interest in the material being read. In the first study, 169 college freshmen read cloze passages of materials from the Nelson-Denny Reading Tests, then one week later read the whole passages and completed the related multiple choice questions. A control group…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Difficulty Level, High School Seniors, Prior Learning
Fox, Dickie Lee – 1977
The study reported in this paper was designed to describe the differences between the reading-difficulty levels of primary textbooks used in first-semester freshman general studies courses and the reading skills of the students enrolled in those courses, and to compare the Flesch Reading Ease Formula with the SMOG Grading Formula. Separate…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading
