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Download full textDuBay, William H., Ed. – Online Submission, 2007
Early in the 20th century, educators began looking for scientific methods for matching texts with readers. Some of the best minds in education dedicated themselves to this task, including Edward L. Thorndike, William S. Gray, Ralph Tyler, Edgar Dale, Irving Lorge, and Jeanne S. Chall. The purpose of this book is to bring students of reading into…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Readability, Placement, Textbooks
Knight, David W.; Bethune, Paul – Florida Reading Quart, 1970
Descriptors: Context Clues, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Program Divisions, Readability
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Journal of Reading, 1983
Looks at cloze scores for students at two different schooling stages--grade 5 and grade 10--on materials at their own grade level. Concludes that the cloze score of approximately 40 percent currently used to judge reading ability at all grade levels is not stringent enough for higher grade levels. (FL)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 5
