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O'Hear, Michael F.; And Others – 1992
A study examined the relation between formula ratings and student perception of both readability and interest in developmental reading/study skills and intermediate composition texts. Subjects, 200 composition students and 96 study skills students, responded to the statements "this text was easy to read" and "the text chapters were…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interest Inventories, Readability, Readability Formulas
Overman, Steven J.; And Others – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1987
This study was designed to assess the readability levels of ten personal health textbooks written for college health education courses, and to compare the readability levels with the reading levels of students at one university. Findings are discussed.(MT)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Health Education, Higher Education, Readability
