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A Study to Determine the Reading Levels of the Math Texts in Grades 1 through 6 Published by Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Scott, Foresman and Field Education Publishers.

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

Readability and Reading Ability as Predictors of Comprehension and Learning Time in a Computer Managed Instructional System.

Fishburne, Robert Purdy, Jr. – 1976

A study was designed to validate the Navy Readability Indices (NRIs) in an individualized instructional system using the criteria of comprehension and learning time. Two hundred Navy enlisted personnel enrolled in a computer-managed technical training course were tested for both comprehension and learning-time-to-criterion on four programmed…

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Doctoral Dissertations, Postsecondary Education, Programed Instruction