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Aldridge, John; And Others – Man/Society/Technology, 1978
Discusses points relevant to the improvement of reading in the industrial arts curriculum such as individual differences in learners, reading levels, readability, methods, and activity oriented experiences. (TA)
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, Learning Activities, Readability, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedKennedy, Keith – American Biology Teacher, 1979
Describes how to use a readability graph to determine the reading level of Biology textbooks. (MA)
Descriptors: Biology, Literacy, Readability, Reading Level
Anderson, Jonathan; Coates, Jim – Australian Journal of Reading, 1979
Answers questions most frequently asked about the cloze procedure; suggests using cloze exercises to gauge the suitability of reading materials, showing how the technique taps meaning derived from text and indexes both textual reading difficulty and students' comprehension ability. (AEA)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Readability
