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Evaluation of readability — prediction of comprehension?

Pages 83-87 | Published online: 28 Jan 2010

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Footnotes

  • Lorge , Irving . 1944 . Word Lists as Background for Communication . Teacher's College Record , XLV May : 544
  • Chall , Jeanne S. 1968 . “ Readability: An Appraisal of Research and Application ” . In Bureau of Educational Research , 153 Ohio State University .
  • Gray , William S. and Leary , Bernice E. 1935 . What Makes a Book Readable? , Chicago : University of Chicago Press .
  • Bormuth , John R. 1967 . “New Developments in Readability Research,” . Elementary English , XLIV December : 840 – 45 .
  • Russell , David H. and Fea , Henry R. 1951 . “Validity of Six Readability Formulas,” . Elementary School Journal , LII November : 142
  • Smith , Henry P. and Dechant , Emerald V. 1961 . Psychology in Teaching Reading , 251 Engle‐wood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, Inc. .
  • Dale , Edgar and Chall , Jeanne S. 1949 . “The Concept of Readability,” . Elementary English , XXVI January : 23
  • Wilson , Mary C. 1948 . “The Effect of Amplifying Materials on Comprehension,” . Journal of Experimental Education , XIII September : 8
  • Nolte , Karl F. 1937 . “Simplification of Vocabulary on Comprehension in Reading,” . Elementary English Review , XXIV April : 119 – 24 . 46
  • Klare , George R. 1963 . The Measurement of Readability , 22 – 23 . Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University Press .
  • Swanson , Charles E. and Fox , Harland G. 1963 . “Validity of Readability Formulas,” . The Journal of Applied Psychology , XXXVII April : 114 – 18 .
  • Taylor , Wilson . 1953 . “Cloze Procedure: A New Tool for Measuring‐ Readability,” . Journalism Quarterly , XXX Fall : 415 – 33 .
  • Bormuth , John R. 1967 . “Comparable Cloze and Multiple‐Choice Test Comprehension Scores,” . Journal of Reading , X February : 295
  • Rankin , Earl F. and Culhane , Joseph W. 1969 . “Comparable Cloze and Multiple‐Choice Comprehension Test Scores,” . Journal of Reading , XIII December : 191

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