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Peer reviewedKemper, Susan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
A new approach to measuring readability is proposed based on the analysis of texts as causally connected chains of actions, physical states, and mental states. Using the inference load formula reflecting the difficulty readers have in inferring causal connections, the difficulty of texts can be adjusted for readers differing in skill or knowledge.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Prior Learning, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension
