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Reed, Deborah K.; Kershaw-Herrera, Sarah – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
To better understand dimensions of text complexity and their effect on the comprehension of adolescents, 103 high school seniors were randomly assigned to 4 groups. Each group read versions of the same 2 informational passages and answered comprehension test items targeting factual recall and inferences of causal content. Group A passages had a…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Reading Materials, Difficulty Level, Readability
Roozafzai, Zahra Sadat – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2012
Reading is an extremely active, complex, mental and personal process that concerns both the reader and the text. It is now generally believed that a range of reader with text factors affect the reading process to a considerable extent. So, teachers of EFL need to be aware of the important role of teaching materials. Thus, this study investigated…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Reading Materials, English (Second Language), English Language Learners