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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
Development and Validation of a New Instrument to Assess the Readability of Spanish Prose.
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Vari-Cartier, Patricia – Modern Language Journal, 1981
Demonstrates use of Fry Readability Graph (FRG) and Adaptation for Spanish Evaluation (FRASE) graph to assess reading difficulty for use with Spanish material. (BK)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Readability Formulas, Reading Materials, Second Languages
Readability, Interest, and Coverage of Ten Introductory Textbooks on Mental Retardation.
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Maddux, Cleborne D.; Candler, Ann – Mental Retardation, 1990
Ten introductory textbooks on mental retardation were analyzed with the Flesch formula for reading ease and interest. All texts fell in the "difficult, college level" category for complexity, but seven were classified as "dull" and three "mildly interesting." Most included adequate organizational aids, and agreement…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mental Retardation, Readability, Readability Formulas
The Assessment of Linguistic Difficulty in Reading Material.
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Perera, 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