Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1971
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Azella Taylor
Second Committee Member
Doris Jakubek
Third Committee Member
Michael S. Brunner
Abstract
This paper surveys research on the factors that influence the readability of primary books, the efforts that have been made to measure it, and the comparative reliability of subjective judgment and objective analysis of the difficulty of certain primary books. An appraisal by the Fry Readability Graph is recommended for a first approximation of the difficulty of a book, to be followed by judgment decisions regarding concepts, interest and other considerations, to make a suitable match of book to child.
Recommended Citation
Ball, Mary E., "Estimating the Readability of Primary Books: A Comparative Study of the Formula Method and Subjective Appraisals" (1971). All Master's Theses. 1583.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1583
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