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Peer reviewedJohnson, Roger E. – Reading Teacher, 1977
This study finds that the overall readability level of elementary social studies texts, as well as the range of levels within texts, is decreasing. (HOD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, History Textbooks, Readability, Reading Level
Ball, Edward H. – 1975
"Reading Basics Plus" consists of an integrated set of texts, workbooks, duplicating masters, word cards, charts, and teacher's guidebooks. By a process of small group trials, students' and teachers' reactions to the proposed content of the "Reading Basics Plus" program for grades four, five, and six were obtained in order to provide editors and…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Comprehension, Intermediate Grades, Readability
Download full textJohnson, Roger E. – 1970
Major investigations have shown that children care little for social studies as a school subject. Therefore, a closer look was taken at social studies textbooks in order to ascertain if the reading difficulty of the texts was an important cause behind the children's dislike. This study evaluated the reading levels of 41 social studies texts…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interests, Readability, Reading Level
STAUFFER, RUSSELL G. – 1966
WORD COUNTS WERE MADE TO COMPARE THE VOCABULARIES IN READING, HEALTH, SCIENCE, AND ARITHMETIC TEXTBOOKS FOR GRADES ONE TO THREE. COUNTS WERE MADE IN SEVEN DIFFERENT BASIC READING SERIES AND IN THREE DIFFERENT SERIES IN EACH OF THE THREE CONTENT AREAS. THE LIMITATIONS OF THE WORD COUNTS ARE SPECIFIED. FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE WAS USED TO ANALYZE THE…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Books, Health Materials, Primary Education
Peer reviewedKeetz, Mary A. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1978
Reports on a study that determined the readability of a representative number of study habit books used in college reading and study skills courses and then compared their readability with the reading ability of the students who use them. (HOD)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Readability, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedSmith, Claire Garnier – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1977
To explore the readability of different levels of accounting textbooks, samples were selected from three high school, three vocational, and three college textbooks. The statistical tests conducted indicated that mean reading levels increased in difficulty as grade levels increased and that reading levels were considerably below grade levels of the…
Descriptors: Accounting, High Schools, Higher Education, Readability
Williams, Joanne – 1979
The Fry Graph for Estimating Readability (Extended) and George Magginnis' formula for passages shorter than 100 words were used in an investigation of the reading levels of 18 mathematics textbooks produced for grades one through six by three major publishers. The results indicated that the readability levels of the textbooks were inaccurate. Few…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Masters Theses, Mathematics Materials, Performance Factors
Sullivan, Rita J. – 1976
Two college freshman required texts were chosen for analysis of readability and of cloze performance on selected passages. One cloze passage was administered to each of 218 students enrolled in General Psychology and Principles of Biology courses. Dale-Chall readability levels were separately calculated for the same passages. Reading levels of the…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, Higher Education
Karnes, Frances A.; Ginn, Clyde N. – 1976
Students from 16 different vocational/technical areas of study in seven postsecondary complexes in Mississippi (representing a cross-section of all junior colleges in the State) were administered the Nelson-Denny Reading Test to identify reading levels. The FORCAST readability formula (Klare, 1974) was used to determine the readability level of…
Descriptors: Readability, Reading, Reading Level, Reading Materials
