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Peer reviewedO'Hear, Michael; Ramsey, Richard N. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1990
Offers a critique of existing methods of assessing the human interest of basic writing textbooks, contending that most are abstract and subjective and that the more objective Flesch formula inflates texts' human-interest level. Advocates modifying existing formulas and guidelines. Suggests criteria (e.g., appropriateness of readability level) for…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Content Analysis, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books, Higher Education
