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Chapman, L. John – 1986
To develop a new model of the reading process, a longitudinal study investigated the importance of the concepts of cohesion and register (fiction or nonfiction) in the assessment of text readability. Subjects, 436 8-year-olds (Cohort A), 474 10-year-olds (Cohort B), and 445 13-year-olds (Cohort C) from 23 urban and rural British schools--most of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Secondary Education, Fiction
