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Determining Readability: How to Select and Apply Easy-to-Use Readability Formulas to Assess the Difficulty of Adult Literacy Materials
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Burke, Victoria; Greenberg, Daphne – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2010
There are many readability tools that instructors can use to help adult learners select reading materials. We describe and compare different types of readability tools: formulas calculated by hand, tools found on the Web, tools embedded in a word processing program, and readability tools found in a commercial software program. Practitioners do not…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Readability, Reading Material Selection, Comparative Analysis
Computer Applications of Readibility Formulas: Some Cautions.
Noe, Katherine Schlick; Standal, Timothy C. – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1985
Suggests that common sense be applied when calculating text readability using a microcomputer. (CRH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Matching Readers to Instructional Materials: The Use of Classic Readability Measures for Students with Language Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia.
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Kotula, Andrea Winokur – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
The matching of students with language learning disabilities and dyslexia to appropriate reading materials is discussed, and formal and informal methods are presented for determining reading levels for accuracy, fluency, and comprehension instruction and practice. The Spache Readability Formula, the New Dale-Challe Readability Formula, and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods