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Download full textSpiegel, Glenn; Campbell, John J. – 1985
The Flesch readability index yields meaningful information about the responses of readers to texts. Because the formula is so simple, a group of English teachers wrote a program in BASIC that would count some obvious surface features of a text and calculate Flesch scores. Among the programing problems encountered were counting words (taking into…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
Wresch, William – Computing Teacher, 1988
Discussion of programs for analyzing the writing of students using word processors focuses on six categories of available software that can help to improve students' writing skills: error checkers, reformatters, audience awareness programs (including reader's needs and readability formulas), student conferencing utilities, grading utilities, and…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Editing
