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Download full textHarris, Albert J.; Jacobson, Milton D. – 1974
This paper summarizes the work to date on the revised Harris-Jacobson Readability Formulas. The contents include "The Criterion," which discusses the criterion used in the development of the formulas; "Variables Employed," which includes percent of uncommon words, average sentence length, percent of long words, mean number of letters per word, and…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Elementary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedBritton, Gwyneth E.; Lumpkin, Margaret C. – Reading Improvement, 1977
Reports a study of three readability formulas--Dale-Chall, Fry, and Harris-Jacobson--which were used to analyze five current sixth-grade reading textbooks. (JM)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Computers, Elementary Education, Grade 6
Peer reviewedBradley, John M.; Ames, Wilbur S. – Reading World, 1978
Reports the findings of a study of the validity of six common assumptions concerning the readability of basal readers. Concludes that if teachers had access to reasonably complete information about the readability properties of basal readers and workbooks, improved reading instruction would result. (JM)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Elementary Education, Readability, Reading Instruction
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
PDF pending restorationBritton, Gwyneth E.; Lumpkin, Margaret C. – 1977
A new, computerized readability assessment program was developed to verify the reading levels of stories, as designated by publishers in current sixth grade reading texts. The Spache, Harris-Jacobson, Dale-Chall, Flesch, and Fry readability formulas were incorporated into one computer-based program designed for rapid calculation and comparative…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Computer Programs, Content Analysis, Grade 6
Peer reviewedBritton, Gwyneth E.; Lumpkin, Margaret C. – Reading Improvement, 1978
Raises questions about the readability criteria used by publishers and editors of reading textbooks in selecting and assembling materials for middle grade reading texts. (RL)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Intermediate Grades, Readability, Reading Ability
Koelsch, George J., III – Except Children, 1969
Descriptors: Age Differences, Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Exceptional Child Research
Saunders, Russell W., Jr. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in the readability of three collections of reading textbooks adopted for use in California for four student groups--culturally disadvantaged, slow, average, and fast. The Botel readability formula was applied to nine, 100-word samples taken from a total of twenty-four…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Disadvantaged, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMoyer, Sandra B. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The readability levels of ten basal readers commonly used to develop word recognition and comprehension skills in learning disabled children from grades 3 through 6 were compared with the readability levels of their accompanying workbooks. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Learning Disabilities, Readability
Redman, Margaret C.; And Others – 1977
This teacher's manual is designed to accompany a reading kit intended to provide high interest reading materials for late adolescent and adult elementary-level readers (see note). Introductory information discusses the development of the reading exercises from unedited stories dictated by students (the Learning Experience Approach) and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Basic Reading
