Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 3 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
| Grade 7 | 4 |
| Readability Formulas | 4 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4 |
| Grade 8 | 3 |
| Readability | 3 |
| Difficulty Level | 2 |
| Foreign Countries | 2 |
| Middle School Students | 2 |
| Scores | 2 |
| Textbooks | 2 |
| Achievement Tests | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Asian Journal of Education… | 1 |
| Computers in the Schools | 1 |
| Educational Studies | 1 |
| Language, Speech, and Hearing… | 1 |
Author
| Aydogan Yenmez, Arzu | 1 |
| Carlson, Sarah E. | 1 |
| Curcic, Svjetlana | 1 |
| Dahl, Amanda C. | 1 |
| Gong, Jing | 1 |
| Johnstone, Robin S. | 1 |
| Li, Yifei | 1 |
| Luo, Dehong | 1 |
| McCarthy, Kathryn S. | 1 |
| Renken, Maggie | 1 |
| Reynolds, Erin | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Research | 4 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 3 |
| Grade 7 | 3 |
| Junior High Schools | 3 |
| Middle Schools | 3 |
| Secondary Education | 3 |
| Grade 8 | 2 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Grade 5 | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Individuals with Disabilities… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| Flesch Kincaid Grade Level… | 2 |
| Wechsler Intelligence Scale… | 1 |
| Woodcock Johnson Tests of… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkLuo, Dehong; Gong, Jing; Li, Yifei – Educational Studies, 2022
Readability formulae have been used to predict text difficulty, but their construction has been challenged. Previous readability formula designers typically adopted correct responses to reading comprehension questions (RCQs) as dependent variables, but they did not assess the effect of linguistic predictors concerning RCQs in the formula. Thus,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8
Dahl, Amanda C.; Carlson, Sarah E.; Renken, Maggie; McCarthy, Kathryn S.; Reynolds, Erin – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: Complex features of science texts present idiosyncratic challenges for middle grade readers, especially in a post-Common Core educational world where students' learning is dependent on understanding informational text. The primary aim of this study was to explore how middle school readers process science texts and whether such…
Descriptors: Science Materials, Textbooks, Difficulty Level, Readability
Download full textÇetinkaya, Gökhan; Aydogan Yenmez, Arzu; Çelik, Tugba; Özpinar, Ilknur – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2018
This study aimed to investigate the readability of the fifth-, sixth, seventh and eighth-grade mathematics course books prepared in deference to the 2017 curriculum and distributed to schools by MEB. This study utilized the descriptive document analysis which is a qualitative research method. Readability of the mathematics course books were…
Descriptors: Readability, Readability Formulas, Textbooks, Difficulty Level
Curcic, Svjetlana; Johnstone, Robin S. – Computers in the Schools, 2016
This study examined the effects of an intervention in writing with digital interactive books. To improve the writing skills of seventh- and eighth-grade students with a learning disability in reading, we conducted a quasi-experimental study in which the students read interactive digital books (i-books), took notes, wrote summaries, and acted as…
Descriptors: Intervention, Writing Skills, Learning Disabilities, Cartoons
