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Peer reviewedKretschmer, Joseph C. – Reading Teacher, 1976
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Literature Reviews, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Peer reviewedKlare, George R. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1974
Reviews formulas and related predictive devices that tell whether a particular piece of writing is likely to be readable to a particular group of readers. (RB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Sherrell, Eugene G. – 1978
A Missouri study was conducted to investigate the reading abilities of the average vocational technical student to determine if this reading ability was commensurate with the material the student was assigned to read, and to compare the effectiveness of the reading ability to success in completing a vocational course of study. In order to secure…
Descriptors: High School Students, Instructional Materials, Readability, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedDawson, George; And Others – Science Teacher, 1974
Discusses possible sources of bias in reading tests used to evaluate science materials. (PEB)
Descriptors: Bias, Readability, Reading Difficulty, Reading Skills
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
Download full textMiller, Maurice; And Others – 1978
The reading abilities of low achieving high school students at two schools were compared to the readability levels of the magazines in which they showed interest. The median tested reading ability of these students was reported as third/fourth grade by their reading teachers. The reading specialist at one high school reported that boys had an…
Descriptors: High School Students, Low Achievement, Periodicals, Readability
NEWPORT, JOHN F. – 1965
AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF THE READABILITY LEVELS OF NINE CONTINUOUS SERIES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS, GRADES 1-6. THE FOLLOWING SCIENCE SERIES WERE EVALUATED--ALLYN AND BACON, AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY, GINN, HARPER AND ROW, HEATH, LYONS AND CARNAHAN, MACMILLAN, SINGER, AND WINSTON. THE SPACHE FORMULA (SAFIER METHOD) WAS APPLIED TO…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials, Readability, Reading Difficulty
Peer reviewedCoke, Esther U. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Prose, Readability, Reading Difficulty
Elley, Warwick B. – Reading Res Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Evaluation, Readability, Reading Difficulty, Reading Materials
KINTZER, FREDERICK C. – 1968
THE FLESCH READING EASE FORMULA WAS APPLIED TO SELECTED SECTIONS OF THE 1965-66 FACULTY HANDBOOKS FROM 61 CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA JUNIOR COLLEGES IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WERE WRITTEN IN A STYLE TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPREHENSION. THE HANDBOOK SECTIONS STUDIED WERE (1) INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL, (2) GRADING POLICIES AND…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Guides, Readability, Reading Difficulty
Turner, Devonne Gae – 1968
The aims of the social studies curriculums include growth of the pupil in social competence and awareness. In order to permit the teacher knowledge as to what social studies materials best contribute to the development of those aims, this study evaluated the readability level of three second grade social studies textbooks. (1) "We Have…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Readability, Reading Difficulty, Social Studies
Peer reviewedEkwall, Eldon E.; Solis, Judy K. – School Management, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulty
Rosenshine, Barak – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Correlation, Listening Comprehension, Readability, Reading Difficulty
Aquino, Milagros R. – Reading Res Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Memory, Rating Scales, Readability
Rosenshine, Barak – 1968
Horizontal readability, the analysis of essentially similar passages through classification of words and phrases according to their cognitive similarity, is discussed in relation to its usefulness in differentiating among materials designed for the same reading level. Three studies of horizontal readability in which passages were rated for high…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulty
