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Hamel, Cheryl J.; And Others – 1982
To ensure that the essential job-related reading materials for nonrated United States Navy personnel were not beyond their reading capabilities, a study was undertaken to determine the readability levels of a representative sample of essential Navy job-related materials. The criteria for selecting material were that it be narrative text and that…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Military Personnel, Military Training, Readability
Peer reviewedFeldman, Phil; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1983
Reports on the development of a computer program that was used with five different readability formulas to assess levels of reading difficulty. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs, Microcomputers, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedKeenan, Stacey A. – Visible Language, 1984
Concludes that both chunking and shorter line lengths have positive effects on reading efficiency but that high line length variability has a stronger negative effect. Suggests that, because chunking increases line length variability, it can interfere with reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Testing, Layout (Publications), Reading Comprehension
