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Download full textWright, Benjamin D.; Stenner, A. Jackson – 1998
This document discusses the measurement of reading ability and the readability of books by application of the Lexile framework. It begins by stating the importance of uniform measures. It then discusses the history of reading ability testing, based on the assumption that no researcher has been able to measure more than one kind of reading ability.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedGrouws, Douglas A.; Robinson, Richard D. – School Science and Mathematics, 1973
Describes the "cloze" procedure for judging the readability of textbook prose and in particular how this procedure may be applied to written mathematical materials. (JP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, Mathematics Education, Readability
Peer reviewedVanderMeulen, Kenneth; Harris, Mary L. – Reading Horizons, 1974
Presents an annotated list of textbooks in a number of vocational content areas and includes the readability level of each text. (TO)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Content Area Reading, Readability, Reading Material Selection
Peer reviewedElementary School Journal, 1973
This study, by a group of teachers as part of a course in social foundations, arose out of their concerns about the difficulties in assessing the materials (especially reading materials) that teachers are expected to use. (CB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Instructional Materials, Material Development, Media Selection
Medcalf, Robert L.; Ratz, Margaret – Elementary English, 1973
Discusses the advantages of the English-Unifon coding system and its five books for beginning reading instruction. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonemic Alphabets, Readability
Peer reviewedDaines, Delva; Mason, Lynne G. – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Graphs, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Peer reviewedRamanauskas, Sigita – Reading Research Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Junior High School Students, Language Patterns, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Journal of Educational Research, 1972
Results of stepwise regression analyses of text characteristics on learning scores revealed that the same characteristics which predict comprehension also predict new learning. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 6, Learning Processes, Multiple Regression Analysis
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1971
Concludes that cloze tests as measure of comprehension includes a large component of variance specific to cloze technique and ability to comprehend speeded speech involves ability to be field independent. (MM)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cognitive Ability, Factor Analysis, Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedRay, Rita M. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Evaluation Criteria, Information Needs, Organization
Peer reviewedSmith, John M.; McCombs, Maxwell E. – Visible Language, 1971
Descriptors: Letters (Alphabet), Printing, Readability, Reading Comprehension
Jongsma, Eugene A. – Elementary English, 1972
The mean of the librarian estimates closely approximated the formula results, seldom differing by even as much as one grade level." Sample questionnaire and statistical tables are included. (Author/SP)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Librarians, Questionnaires
Peer reviewedDulin, Kenneth L. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Group Reading, Individual Reading, Informal Reading Inventories
Peer reviewedGeeslin, Robert H. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Describes a project at Madison Elementary School, Madison, Florida, in which all library books appeared with a designated reading level, enabling teachers to match a student with material on his appropriate level. Notes that class members will emerge with conflicting information on a topic, leading to better critical thinking skills. (RW)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Evaluative Thinking, Individual Differences, Libraries
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
