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Peer reviewedMarshall, Nancy – Journal of Reading, 1979
Provides guidelines for analyzing and evaluating textbooks based on their comprehensibility rather than their readability. (MKM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension
Download full textReed, Keflyn Xavier – 1988
In spite of their limitations, readability formulas can help teachers determine whether there are differences between students' reading abilities and the difficulty levels of the textbooks they are required to use. A study was conducted to assess the reading levels of students and the readability levels of textbooks at five selected junior…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reader Text Relationship
