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Peer reviewedDunsmore, G. A. – AEDS Journal, 1985
Assesses readability levels of selected elementary level microcomputer courseware by using the readability formulas of Dale-Chall and Spache; describes these established formulas; compares assessments with publishers' statements of courseware suitability; and compares results of the manually calculated Dale-Chall and Spache formulas with results…
Descriptors: Courseware, Elementary Education, Instructional Material Evaluation, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedWhite, Alfred L.; Scott, Paula L.; Grant, Dorothy E. – Volta Review, 2000
A structured analysis of three basal readers written for grades 2-5 was conducted using the T-unit (any independent clause) as the primary unit of analysis. The number of T-units per 100 words, the number of words per T-unit, the number of clauses per T-unit, and the number of morphemes per T-unit (a new index of linguistic maturity) are reported.…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Readability
Download full textManning, Maryann; And Others – 1986
The reading achievement test scores of 239 low-income, southern, urban black students in grades three through eight were compared with their ability to comprehend the social studies books used in their classrooms. Achievement scores were obtained from the reading subtests of the Stanford Achievement Tests. A cloze passage was developed based on…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Students, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education
