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Determining Readability: How to Select and Apply Easy-to-Use Readability Formulas to Assess the Difficulty of Adult Literacy Materials
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Burke, Victoria; Greenberg, Daphne – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2010
There are many readability tools that instructors can use to help adult learners select reading materials. We describe and compare different types of readability tools: formulas calculated by hand, tools found on the Web, tools embedded in a word processing program, and readability tools found in a commercial software program. Practitioners do not…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Readability, Reading Material Selection, Comparative Analysis
Development of a Reading Material Recommendation System Based on a Knowledge Engineering Approach
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Hsu, Ching-Kun; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Chang, Chih-Kai – Computers & Education, 2010
In a language curriculum, the training of reading ability is one of the most important aspects. Previous studies have shown the importance of assigning proper articles to individual students for training their reading ability; nevertheless, previous experience has also shown the challenges of this issue owing to the complexity of personal factors…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Reading Ability, High School Students, Expertise
Reading Instruction and Course Related Materials for Vocational High School Students.
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Derby, Tom – Journal of Reading, 1987
Shows why reading instruction in vocational education is needed, discusses the new U.S. Vocational Education Act and its effect on schools wishing to obtain vocational reading materials, and surveys materials now available for use with vocational high school students. (SRT)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Content Area Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection