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Peer reviewedSelzer, Jack – Journal of Business Communication, 1981
Doubts the ability of formulas to predict readability and questions their use as aids in writing readable prose. Points out that formulas also hamper the teaching of business writing because they emphasize written products instead of the writing process. (PD)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Higher Education, Readability
Download full textStahl, Norman A.; And Others – 1984
Readability formulas were applied to the drivers' manuals of each of the 50 United States and Puerto Rico to determine whether the manuals were appropriate materials for motivating reluctant or low achieving adolescent readers. Four 100-word samples were chosen from each manual, according to four themes common to each manual and of particular…
Descriptors: Driver Education, High Schools, Low Achievement, Motivation Techniques
Rubin, Andee, Ed. – 1981
Drawn from a symposium presented at the 1979 National Reading Conference, the four papers in this collection describe a notion of conceptual readability, an approach contrasting with traditional readability computations (number of words per sentence and degree of familiarity of individual words) and focusing on the concepts communicated by the…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discourse Analysis, Influences, Models
Robinson, Helen M.; and others – Reading Res Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Language, Neurological Organization, Phonics
Jongsma, Eugene R.
The purpose of this study is to survey research literature concerning the use of the cloze procedure and to determine what is known about the procedure. The survey proceeds in three broad areas: (1) methodological considerations, (2) cloze as a measuring device, and (3) cloze as a teaching technique. It is concluded that cloze based on every…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Literature Reviews, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Peer reviewedKnutson, Elizabeth M. – French Review, 1993
Instructional implications of recent reading research are reviewed along with the issue of text readability and the intermediate/advanced language student. A generic approach to the teaching of literary works in a third-year transitional course is then proposed. A student worksheet and recall protocol exercise are appended. (Contains 19…
Descriptors: French, Literature Appreciation, Readability, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMartin, Jill J.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Neddenriep, Christine E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2001
Investigates the impact of the interspersal procedure on students' reading tasks. Students read out loud two passages, with one containing additional interspersed brief, easy paragraphs. Students selected the passage that would require the least effort and the least time to read. Results suggest that the interspersal procedure may improve…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Middle Schools, Oral Reading, Readability
Peer reviewedBetza, Ruth E. – Reading Horizons, 1987
Presents guidelines for evaluating computer trade books for children. Includes results for 47 books evaluated using the "Yawn index." (HTH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Readability
Peer reviewedJohnston, Peter H.; Allignton, Richard L. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1983
Criticizes a study of the reliability and validity of curriculum-based reading inventories by L. S. Fuchs, D. Fuchs, and S. L. Deno and raises questions regarding the study's internal and external validity. (AEA)
Descriptors: Informal Reading Inventories, Readability Formulas, Reading Research, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedHerman, Wayne L., Jr. – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1979
Identifies variables needing research related to reading. Variables include teacher training and behavior, textbook characteristics including readability, teaching strategies and techniques, reviews of reading research, and diffusion of findings to the classroom teacher. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Diffusion, Elementary Education, Readability, Reading
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1985
The papers included in this book focus on writing and reading across the curriculum. Beginning with an introduction by Malcolm P. Douglass, the book contains the following 25 titles: "Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum" (Malcolm P. Douglass); "A Deepening Understanding of Reading and Writing" (Walter Loban); "The…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Peer reviewedHiller, Jack H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: College Students, Individual Differences, Learning Processes, Questioning Techniques
Cherney, Elaine Ethel – 1975
The purpose of this study was to compare the reading ability of university freshmen in two remedial track courses with the readability of the assigned texts and in light of the instructional methodology employed by the instructional staff of two courses. The investigations findings seemed to suggest that the reading ability of the students in the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, Readability
Robinson, Richard D., Comp. – 1972
The aim of this bibliography is to provide a reference on the cloze procedure for the practitioner and the researcher. The selection of material was done on the basis of (1) the importance of the source as a contribution to cloze research, (2) the extent and the usefulness of the source's bibliography as a guide to related research, (3) the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cloze Procedure, Readability, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedIrwin, Judith Westphal – Reading Teacher, 1980
Points out that if relationships between sentences are made implicit (for the sake of simplicity or readability), comprehension may suffer and explains three teaching strategies for improving students' comprehension of implicit connectives. (RL)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Connected Discourse, Deep Structure, Elementary Secondary Education
