Smart Language: Readers, Readability, and the Grading of Text

Autor/in	DuBay, William H.
Titel	Smart Language: Readers, Readability, and the Grading of Text
Quelle	(2007), (160 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	1-4196-5439-X
Schlagwörter	Readability; Readability Formulas; Reading Rate; Reading Research; Adult Literacy; Reading Skills; Reading Materials; Reader Text Relationship; Reading Processes; Measurement Techniques; Cloze Procedure; Reading Tests; Grading; Military Personnel; Educational History; Surveys; Educational Assessment; Court Litigation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesbarkeit; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Leseforschung; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Leseprozess; Messtechnik; Lückentext; Lesetest; Notengebung; Schulnote; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Rechtsstreit
Abstract	The purpose of this book is to introduce the research on readability, defined here as reading ease. The first part of the book covers how people read. A series of national literacy surveys show that the average person in the U.S. and most other countries are adults of limited reading skills. For example, the average adult in the U.S. reads at the 9th-grade level, with nearly half reading below that level. The second part of this work covers the efforts made to match texts with readers. The research shows that more readable texts increase comprehension, retention, reading speed, and persistence. Other studies show how factors in both the reader and the text contribute to reading ease. Finally, the work follows the development of the readability formulas and the controversies that surrounded them. George Klare's Readability Ranking Test is appended. An index is included. (Contains 14 figures and 9 tables.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10