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Content, Format, Gender and Grade Level Differences in Elementary Students' Ability to Read Science Materials as Measured by the Cloze Procedure.
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Williams, Richard L.; Yore, Larry D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1985
Examines readability of elementary science textbooks regarding visual supplements (color, visuals, and page layout). Significant relationships were found between cloze scores and both grade level and content. Also found significant interaction between grade and sex in favor of older males. Eight of nine texts were at or near readability…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Readability
L'evaluation de la difficulte des manuels scolaires par le test de closure et une formule de lisibilite (Evaluation of French School Textbooks by Closure and a Readability Formula).
Renaud, Aldeo – 1980
A study was conducted to evaluate the level of difficulty of textbooks (French and Sciences) written in French for use with sixth grade students. A cloze test was administered to a sample of sixth grade students in two francophone districts in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, and the Henry readability formula was applied to the same texts.…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Foreign Countries, French, Grade 6
The Inability to Interpret Internal Punctuation - An Inhibiting Factor in Comprehension.
Carr, Noreena – 1981
Assuming that the ability to interpret punctuation is basic to reading comprehension, a study was conducted to assess the junior high school reader's ability to interpret internal punctuation in a written passage. From an examination of texts, reference and research materials used at the junior high school level, six uses of three punctuation…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 7, Influences, Junior High Schools
Textbook Evaluation Form: World Geography/Global Studies.
National Council for Geographic Education. – 1986
This textbook evaluation instrument is provided to assess (1) content properties; (2) instructional properties; (3) physical properties; (4) readability; and (5) other properties such as cultural mix, organization of text, and suitability for various grade levels in secondary level world geography and global studies textbooks. For the first three…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Geography Instruction, Global Approach, Readability
Considerateness of Fifth-Grade Social Studies Texts.
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McCabe, Patrick P. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1993
Reports on a study of "considerateness" of five fifth-grade social studies textbooks. Identifies four elements of considerateness: (1) readability level; (2) placement of relevant pictures or illustrations; (3) use of subtitles; and (4) use of words and phrases to connect ideas within and between sentences. (CFR)
Descriptors: Captions, Content Analysis, Grade 5, Illustrations
Comprehension Instruction: Perspectives and Suggestions.
Duffy, Gerald G., Ed.; And Others – 1984
Prepared by members of the Institute for Research on Teaching and the Center for the Study of Reading, the papers in this collection examine reading comprehension as an interactive process and explore how comprehension instruction occurs in the complex workplace of the classroom. Specific topics discussed in 20 papers include the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading