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Peer reviewedBlumenfeld, Warren S.; Justice, Barry M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1975
Concludes that test results are essentially the same for both the Flesch and Gunning reading indices. (RB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedGranowsky, Alvin; Botel, Morton – Reading Teacher, 1974
Acknowledging widely recognized shortcomings of readability formulas, the authors propose a technique for analyzing syntactic complexity. (RB)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Peer reviewedHayes, David – Social Studies, 1988
Describes how social studies teachers can help students interact with textbooks to promote better comprehension and retention of information. Suggests methods for linking existing knowledge to concepts in the text, for organizing information to encourage retention, and for making the expository style of texts more accessible. (LS)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cluster Grouping, Content Area Reading, Elementary Education
Download full textEldredge, J. Lloyd; Butterfield, Dennie – 1984
Because of concern about the harmful effects of placing children in low reading groups, this study tested the following "sacred cows" in reading: (1) the use of informal reading inventories for grouping children in reading instruction, (2) the homogeneous grouping practices currently utilized in most classrooms in the United States, (3)…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
