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Peer reviewedEvans, J. Daryll – Journal of Biological Education, 1975
Reports on an analysis of seven tests in use for CSE Human Biology to determine the technical vocabulary to which pupils are exposed. Lists the frequency of occurrence of every term, outlines the scheme used for classifying terms, and presents a selected vocabulary of terms considered to be the most popular. (GS)
Descriptors: Biology, Readability, Science Education, Secondary Education
Johnson, Linda L. – 1980
A study was conducted to determine the effects of sentence length, sentence structure, and word frequency on the readability of textbook prose. Specifically, the study assessed the extent to which the factors, taken alone or in combination, affected the readability of two 1,000-word college textbook passages when the content remained the same. Two…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grade 12, Language Styles, Readability
