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Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading World, 1982
Evaluates the practicability of the Singer Eyeball Estimate of Readability (SEER) techniques with 32 college students. Reveals that only two of the students met SEER's criterion for being considered acceptable judges. Concludes that the criterion is overly stringent and proposes a revised criterion designed to make the SEER technique more…
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedBamberger, Richard; Rabin, Annette T. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Describes recent Austrian research concerning readability formulas, especially the Swedish Lix formula. Describes a prototype for a system of evaluating the individual variables that contribute to the difficulty of student reading materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Readability, Readability Formulas
