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Peer reviewedNelson, Joan – Journal of Reading, 1978
Suggests caution in using readability formulas in determining how to use a textbook for instruction and suggests other factors to consider. (MKM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Readability
Peer reviewedFry, Edward – Journal of Reading, 1990
Presents a readability formula suitable for passages from 40 to 99 words (provided they contain at least 3 sentences). (RS)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques
Download full textHittleman, Daniel R. – 1976
Suggestions are presented in this paper to aid in the effective selection of instructional materials appropriate to the reading levels of the students who will use them. Formulas designed to predict the readability of material are discussed. The cloze procedure, which attempts to measure, for individuals, the difficulty of text, is recommended for…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedVachon, Myra K.; Haney, Richard E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
The objectives of this study were to develop a method for scoring the level of abstraction (LOA) of science reading material and explore its relationship with other methods for assessing curriculum materials. LOA is defined as the ratio of the nonconcrete concepts to the total number of concepts in a written passage expressed as a percent.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Content Area Reading, Developmental Stages, Educational Research
Duffy, Gerald G., Ed.; And Others – 1984
Prepared by members of the Institute for Research on Teaching and the Center for the Study of Reading, the papers in this collection examine reading comprehension as an interactive process and explore how comprehension instruction occurs in the complex workplace of the classroom. Specific topics discussed in 20 papers include the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1977
The bulletin contains suggestions for secondary level social studies teachers to improve students' reading skills in social studies while at the same time enhancing the learning of social studies content. The materials can be easily adapted for elementary grades. Chapter one describes specific procedures for determining student reading levels.…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Secondary Education
Harris, Theodore L., Ed.; Cooper, Eric J., Ed. – 1985
Intended to help teachers both improve students' text comprehension and better understand the teaching-learning process involved, this book focuses on comprehension and concept development as the central core of an effective educational program. The book's five sections deal with teaching explicit comprehension skills, precomprehension and…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Content Area Reading
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1985
The papers included in this book focus on writing and reading across the curriculum. Beginning with an introduction by Malcolm P. Douglass, the book contains the following 25 titles: "Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum" (Malcolm P. Douglass); "A Deepening Understanding of Reading and Writing" (Walter Loban); "The…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Parrish, Berta E.; And Others – 1978
The nine articles presented in this yearbook were drawn from Arizona State University's Annual Reading Conference which focused on new directions in reading. Four of the articles deal with evaluation techniques in reading and include discussions of developing culture-fair informal reading inventories, what oral language tests really measure, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Conference Reports, Content Area Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests
