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Download full textSusan Graham-Clay – School Community Journal, 2024
Home-school communication is fundamental to parent involvement and student success. This essay and discussion article outlines the broad range of opportunities currently available for teachers to communicate with parents and associated strategies. The most frequent one-way modes of communication used with parents are discussed (websites,…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interpersonal Communication, Barriers, Family School Relationship
Britton, Gwyneth; Lumpkin, Margaret – 1978
This booklet is comprised primarily of the summaries of computerized readability assessments of sample passages from each story or chapter in a reading textbook series for grades one through eight. Introductory chapters offer discussions of the computerized readability assessment program used, the various uses of readability information about a…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability
Goodman, Donald; Schwab, Sandra – Creative Computing, 1980
A method is described for determining the reading level of materials using a computerized test. (MK)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques
Moe, Alden J. – Educational Technology, 1980
Reviews the literature and examines the state of technology for computer based text analysis. The computer capabilities of several available text analysis programs are presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Content Analysis, Readability, Sentence Structure
Kincaid, J. Peter; And Others – 1981
The computer readability editing system described in this report was developed to serve as an author's aid in improving the ease of comprehending Navy technical manuals and training materials. The system has features to (1) flag uncommon and misspelled words and long sentences, (2) suggest simple replacements for difficult words and phrases, and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Editing, Instructional Materials, Material Development
Berkeley, Edmund C. – 1972
Research was conducted to show that the computer can assist human beings in determining which words in a Navy training manual need further clarification. The computer scanned a chapter of a training manual (9800 words long) and separated all words of two or more syllables into an "assumed audience vocabulary" (i.e., words the audience would be…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Oriented Programs, Military Training, Readability
Kincaid, J. Peter; And Others – 1980
This final report describes the development and test of a computer readability editing system for use in improving the ease of comprehending Navy technical manuals and training materials. The prototype editing system has features to (1) flag uncommon and misspelled words and long sentences, (2) suggest simple replacements for difficult words, and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Editing, Instructional Materials, Material Development
McKinlay, Bruce – 1971
The purpose of the report was to examine the readability of the Occupational Information Access System (OIAS) QUEST questionnaire and the validity of independent client use of the questionnaire as an information gathering device. Readability formulas rate the QUEST questionnaire "easy" or "fairly easy" and they rank the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Information Systems, Information Utilization, Occupational Information
PDF pending restorationSchalow, Susan R.; Mears, John E. – 1986
The Navy has long been aware of a literacy gap existing between the level at which Navy technical documents are written and the reading comprehension level of enlisted personnel. In order to provide guidance in the restructuring of text and the limiting of vocabulary to reduce this gap, the Training Analysis and Evaluation Group developed the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Editing, Guides
Kincaid, J. Peter; And Others – 1985
This report describes eight word lists developed for use as part of the computer readability editing system (CRES), which was developed to serve as an author's aid in improving the ease of comprehending Navy technical manuals and training materials. The system has features which flag uncommon and misspelled words and long sentences, suggest simple…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Editing, Information Processing, Instructional Materials
Kuchinskas, Gloria – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1983
Explores a wide variety of uses of microcomputers in the reading and language arts curriculum. (Available from: Modern Learning Publishers, Inc., 6517 Liggett, Oakland, CA 94611, $14.) (AEA)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Computer Oriented Programs, Language Arts, Management Information Systems
SILIAKUS, H.J. – 1967
IN PREPARATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERAL FREQUENCY WORD LIST IN GERMAN DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS OF READING IN THE GERMAN CURRICULUM, A COMPUTER-BASED WORD COUNT WAS BEGUN IN AUSTRALIA'S UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE. USING MAGNETIC TAPES CONTAINING (1) A TEXT OF OVER 100,000 RUNNING WORDS, (2) 1,000 MOST…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, German
Stolurow, Lawrence M.; Klare, George R. – 1969
Project CREATES stands for Combined Resources for Editing Automated Teaching to Enlighten Students, the Harvard University Computer-Aided Instruction Laboratory's part of "A Multi-Agency Developmental Adult Basic Education Program." The major emphases of Project CREATES have been in the area of program and procedure development for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Bruno, Sam J., Ed. – 1985
These proceedings present 12 articles that suggest opportunities for scholars and practitioners to contribute to business communication. The papers are organized into four sections, each composed of three papers. The papers in Part I, Specialized Communication Techniques, are: "Does Style Affect the Reader's Image of the Writer?" (James Suchan),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Business Education
