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Peer reviewedFry, Edward – Language Arts, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension
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
Dreyer, Lois G. – 1984
Readability formulas can be useful tools in accomplishing their primary purpose--to give very general estimates of difficulty. Unfortunately, there has been a great deal of misunderstanding regarding their use, which has resulted in misuse and abuse. The formulas were designed to be applied post hoc to existing materials. They were not intended to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Readability, Readability Formulas
Kent, Thomas L. – 1980
Writers and writing teachers should be wary of depending on readability indexes as indicators of the difficulty of written messages. The Gunning Fog Index and the Damerst Clear Index, two readability formulas, were used to determine the readability of "A Statement of Editorial Policy" and two abstracts appearing in an issue of…
Descriptors: Audiences, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research
Download full textAnderson, Richard C.; Davison, Alice – 1986
The problems arising from treating word and sentence complexity as the direct causes of difficulty in comprehension are surveyed in this paper from the perspective of readability formulas. The basic choices and assumptions made in the development and use of readability formulas are discussed in relation to the larger question of text…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reader Response
Green, Georgia M.; Olsen, Margaret S. – 1986
Using two original children's books and adaptations of these books created by basal reader publishers, a study investigated (1) whether children prefer original, unadapted stories that may have longer sentences and more vocabulary items than are permitted by readability formulas for their grade level, or the adaptations of those stories, which…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Grade 2, Primary Education
Eldredge, J. Lloyd; Butterfield, Dennie – 1984
Because of concern about the harmful effects of placing children in low reading groups, this study tested the following "sacred cows" in reading: (1) the use of informal reading inventories for grouping children in reading instruction, (2) the homogeneous grouping practices currently utilized in most classrooms in the United States, (3)…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed.; Staiger, Ralph C., Ed. – 1962
Focusing on problems, programs, and projects in college and adult reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the eleventh annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1961. The 29 papers are grouped into three sections, the first of which contains studies and theoretical papers that deal with reading speed and comprehension.…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
