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Download full textDavison, Alice; And Others – 1980
In the past 30 or 40 years there has been much discussion about what factors contribute to readability in texts. In an attempt to characterize factors not measurable by current objective readability formulas, four texts that were adapted for younger readers were compared with their originals to see what kinds of changes adaptors had made and to…
Descriptors: Editing, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Readability
