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Restructuring Teaching Strategies for Unstructured Basal Stories.

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Antonacci, Patricia A. Pierce – Reading Horizons, 1988

Identifies problems in basal readers caused by writers' use of vocabulary control and readability formulas. Provides suggestions for more effective employment of the basal reader, including suggestions on how to teach students to construct meaning from less than perfect texts. (ARH)

Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Aloud to Others

Using a Modified SMOG in Primary and Intermediate Grades.

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Smith, Lawrence L. – Reading Horizons, 1984

Describes two modifications to the SMOG Readability Formula designed to make it more useful for primary and intermediate grade materials. (FL)

Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Primary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension