Since the reading abilities of general business students vary from one individual to the next, the author's report on the readability of three general business textbooks to guide business teachers in their selection of textbooks. (AG)

Warns journalists that too much concern for brevity as measured by the Flesch readability formula and the Fang listenability formula may unnecessarily restrict the use of symbols and, in turn, affect how the consumers of the mass media perceive and think. (RB)

The Horner research sought to (1) determine the readability of current first-year bookkeeping texts and compare them with a 1965 study, (2) compare students' reading achievement with the earlier study, and (3) determine the suitability of current texts based on the texts' readability levels and the students' reading level. (Author/BP)

Reviews the Sucher-Allred Reading Placement Inventory (S-ARPI), a commercially produced test that is similar in many respects to informal reading inventories. (RB)

The computer readability editing system described in this report was developed to serve as an author's aid in improving the ease of comprehending Navy technical manuals and training materials. The system has features to (1) flag uncommon and misspelled words and long sentences, (2) suggest simple replacements for difficult words and phrases, and…

This paper advocates the view of readability as an interaction between text structure and the cognitive processes and structures possessed by a reader. A simulation model of prose comprehension that yields predictions of both propositional recall and text readability based on the frequencies of different processing events is discussed. The paper…

The Fry Readability Graph was used to determine the validity of the publisher's recommended grade usage for four reading series at the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade levels. Three samples were analyzed from each text, and these results were compared with the publisher's stated grade levels. The majority of the basals investigated had an average…

Designed to utilize basic skills and develop a vocational or vocational skills, eight adult basic education modules were developed which highlight authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts. Modules provide instruction in apple dolls, braided rugs, candles, caning, corn shuck dolls, pottery, quilting, and weaving (see Note). Selection of the crafts was…

This module on pottery making is one of eight modules designed to provide instruction on authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts to adult basic education students at a low cost. Contents include notes on the history of pottery, including terms to know; process used, including equipment and materials, as well as method described narratively and…

FOR SUCCESSFUL CURRICULUM REVISION REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF READING SKILLS IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM, THERE MUST BE CONTINUOUS EVALUATION OF EXISTING THEORIES AS WELL AS INVESTIGATION OF NEW ONES. AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN EVALUATED FOR THEIR USEFULNESS IN THE TEACHING OF READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE ARE READABILITY FORMULAS, DIRECT…

A study was conducted to identify operational procedures that could maximize learning and acceptance of reading materials within a parent education program. A factorial design was used to test how two levels of readability of written material (ninth and fifteenth grade levels) and two levels of reader competency (lower and higher) were related to…

The hypothesis of this study was that reading rate would be relatively constant (within a 15% range of the subject's mean reading rate) both within and across different difficulty levels of materials as long as the levels of difficulty remained at or below the subject's ability level. The subjects were 65 college students whose reading levels…

Among the problems of using readability formulas in education are: reporting standardized scores as grade levels is often meaningless since in a single grade classroom there may be children reading two or three grades above or below grade placement; social mobility, busing policies, and changed patterns of living have increased the heterogeneity…

Developed was a procedure to determine the reading difficulty of fourth grade programed science materials. The materials used consisted of three units of programed science materials; the pupil sample consisted of 599 elementary school children in grades 4, 5, and 6. A regression analysis procedure was used to establish a readability equation, and…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY COVERS THE FIELD OF READABILITY AND READING. THE SELECTED WORKS ARE ORGANIZED INTO NINE SECTIONS--(1) GENERAL REFERENCES ON READABILITY, (2) MEASURING OF READABILITY, (3) READABILITY AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE, (4) READABILITY AND VOCABULARY, (5) READABILITY AND LITERARY STYLE, (6) READABILITY IN SUBJECT AREA MATERIALS, (7)…