Accession Number:

AD0780448

Title:

Improving Reading Comprehension: Measuring Readability.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 15 Feb 72-15 Mar 74,

Corporate Author:

AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH SILVER SPRING MD

Personal Author(s):

• Carver,Ronald P.

Report Date:

1974-05-14

Pagination or Media Count:

91.0

Abstract:

A standardized method, called programmed prose, has been developed which can be used to automatically convert prose training material into a form which forces trainees to read the material with at least a minimal level of comprehension. A new method for measuring prose difficulty, called the Rauding Scale of Prose Difficulty, was also developed and investigated so that the effect of the reading ability and reading difficulty differences could be better measured. The Rauding Scales was found to correlate higher with the actual grade level where curriculum passages were used in school than six other readability measures. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• *READING
• *PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION
• ATTENTION
• PROBLEM SOLVING

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE