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Peer reviewedMonteith, Mary K. – Journal of Reading, 1976
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Measurement Instruments, Readability, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedJacobson, Milton D.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1978
Concludes that after 50 years, the McCall-Crabbs norms are out of date and need to be revised. (MKM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Needs, Norms, Readability
Peer reviewedDukes, R. J.; Kelly, S. A. – Physics Teacher, 1979
Discusses the meaning of readability, and describes several popular methods of assessing it. Gives the results of the application of one particular method to a selection of elementary astronomy and physics texts. (Author/GA)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Books, Higher Education, Physics
Peer reviewedGuidry, Loyd J.; Knight, D. Frances – Journal of Reading, 1976
Describes an adjustment factor which makes readability formulas more accurate. (RB)
Descriptors: Books, Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews, Measurement Instruments
Forsyth, Robert – 1976
The readability level of passages from three subtests of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), Forms X-6 and Y-6, were compared with the readability level of passages selected from the Des Moines Resister, Reader's Digest, Time, Newsweek, Saturday Review, and 18 high school textbooks from the fields of social studies, science, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Content Area Reading, Literature, Natural Sciences
Download full textMiller, Maurice; And Others – 1978
The reading abilities of low achieving high school students at two schools were compared to the readability levels of the magazines in which they showed interest. The median tested reading ability of these students was reported as third/fourth grade by their reading teachers. The reading specialist at one high school reported that boys had an…
Descriptors: High School Students, Low Achievement, Periodicals, Readability
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1977
This fifth in a series of six learning modules on instructional planning is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in selecting and obtaining the kinds of student instructional materials which support the lesson and meet the needs of students with varying reading levels or expertise in the subject matter involved.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Media, Educational Planning
