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Peer reviewedChambers, F. – Educational Review, 1983
One problem with readability formulas is that they are generally calculated on factors at the sentence and subsentence level. However, the representation of text through information structures is equally important. The complexity of information structures and their realizations will affect reading difficulty and should be incorporated into…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Discourse Analysis, Readability Formulas, Reading Processes
Peer reviewedPerera, Katharine – Educational Review, 1980
It is argued that informed judgments by a thoughtful teacher may have advantages over the application of a readability formula in assessing the linguistic difficulty of a text. Examples are given. (KC)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent), Readability, Readability Formulas
