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A Study of the Syntactic Competence of Adult Beginning Readers.
Cox, Judy Richardson – 1976
In this study, a test of syntactic complexity was developed to be administered to adult beginning readers. The purpose of the test was to determine syntactic competence in the reading of these adults as compared with literate adults. The test was developed on the basis of a review of the literature related to acquisition of syntax, complexity of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Beginning Reading, Literacy Education, Measurement Instruments
Reading and Readability.
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Haugh, Oscar M. – 1975
Readability has been gauged by such means as determining the length of individual words in a passage, analyzing types of sentences, and assessing numbers of subordinate clauses, prepositional phrases, modifiers, and so on. Probably the most successful formula has been the Dale-Chall method, which measures readability by determining the percentage…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods