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Hiebert, Elfrieda H.; Pearson, P. David – Online Submission, 2010
This study considers the degree to which two quantitative indices--Lexiles and Coh-Metrix--discriminate across levels of difficulty and types of beginning reading texts. The database consisted of 444 texts, representing seven text types that are part of reading/language arts instruction. These text types were distributed across seven levels of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction
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Willows, Dale M.; Ryan, Ellen Bouchard – Reading Research Quarterly, 1986
Provides evidence for the development of grammatical sensitivity across grades one, two, and three. Shows that grammatical sensitivity is significantly related to reading skill level. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Early Reading, Grammar, Learning Theories
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Lovett, Maureen W. – Child Development, 1979
A sample of 80 first- and second-grade children selected to represent four levels of reading competence were tested in their recognition of semantic, syntactic, and lexical change in sentences previously decoded during prose reading. (JMB)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Prose