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Peer reviewedKrause, Kenneth G. – Journal of Reading, 1976
Provides a check list of evaluation criteria to supplement the SMOG readability formula in choosing new content area textbooks. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Check Lists, Content Area Reading, Evaluation Criteria
Edwards, Peter; Sofo, Frank – 1982
After reviewing criticisms of the exclusive use of readability formulas to evaluate text difficulty and describing successful efforts to broaden the traditional readability formula approach, this report presents a 20 item checklist for determining text comprehensibility based on four criteria: (1) specific objectives or outcomes expected from the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Content Area Reading, Design, Difficulty Level
