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Jones, Karen H. – 1993
A study examined 58 home economics education textbooks in terms of reading difficulty, writing style, and interest level for special population learners. The objective was to identify texts, using six different readability formulas that were significantly more difficult and provided educational obstacles to special populations in their preparation…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Home Economics, Readability, Readability Formulas