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O'Hear, Michael F.; Ashton, Patrick J. – Forum for Reading, 1989
Examines the relationship of readability to usage of main idea clues in introductory texts in sociology and in English composition texts. Concludes that use of main idea clues provides a useful supplement to readability formulas in evaluating college textbooks. (SR)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Postsecondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas
Fishburne, Robert Purdy, Jr. – 1976
A study was designed to validate the Navy Readability Indices (NRIs) in an individualized instructional system using the criteria of comprehension and learning time. Two hundred Navy enlisted personnel enrolled in a computer-managed technical training course were tested for both comprehension and learning-time-to-criterion on four programmed…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Doctoral Dissertations, Postsecondary Education, Programed Instruction
