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Oyzon, Voltaire Q.; Corrales, Juven B.; Estardo, Wilfredo M., Jr. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2015
In 2012 the Leyte Normal University developed a computer software--modelled after the Spache Readability Formula (1953) made for English--made to help rank texts that can is used by teachers or research groups on selecting appropriate reading materials to support the DepEd's MTB-MLE program in Region VIII, in the Philippines. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Readability, Readability Formulas, Computer Software
Sindell, Zoe; Restaino, Lillian C. R. – 1978
The effect of the interaction between imagery level and number of semantic propositions on junior high readers at three ability levels was studied, using an instrument that compared two levels of imagery at each of five levels of semantic propositions. Syntax, word frequency, and number of arguments were held constant. The results indicated that…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Imagery, Junior High Schools, Readability
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Irwin, 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
Vande Kopple, William J. – 1977
Excerpts from articles in the "British Medical Journal" and "The American Journal of Medicine" were compared to determine which journal was easier to read and what stylistic traits might account for such ease. Nine paragraphs from the discussion sections of articles on hypertension were taken from each of the journals. When…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis