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| Fry, Edward | 1 |
| Henry, Georges | 1 |
| Pennock, Clifford D. | 1 |
| Pikulski, Edna C. | 1 |
| Pikulski, John J. | 1 |
| Singer, Harry | 1 |
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Peer reviewedFry, Edward – Journal of Reading, 1977
Discusses why proper nouns should be counted and how to count syllables and words, recent work on the validity of readability formulas, and the readability graph extrapolated to college level. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability
Peer reviewedSinger, Harry – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1975
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Readability, Reading Level
Peer reviewedPikulski, John J.; Pikulski, Edna C. – Reading Teacher, 1977
When cloze and maze scores are compared with teacher judgment in establishing the independent, instructional, and fustration levels of students, both techniques tend to overestimate a child's ability. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Readability
Peer reviewedPennock, Clifford D. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1973
Use of the cloze procedure in selecting reading materials is recommended, since cloze appears to combine the advantages of both standardized and informal procedures. (Author)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Informal Reading Inventories, Instructional Materials, Readability
Henry, Georges – 1975
This book is conceived as a definitive expose and practitioner's manual of readability measurement, with special reference to French language readability. Proceeding from a detailed outline of research on readability from 1923 to the present, the book confronts such issues as external criteria used for validation of readability formulas, choice of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Readability, Reading, Reading Comprehension
