Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Spring 1970

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

Committee Chair

Azella Taylor

Second Committee Member

Doris E. Jakubek

Third Committee Member

Calvin Greatsinger

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine: 1) the readability of an intermediate series of science textbooks, Concepts in Science, published by Harcourt, Brace and World; 2) if the text was readable for the students at University Place Elementary School near Tacoma, Washington; 3) whether the gradation or slope of difficulty rises progressively from the beginning of the book to the ending of the book.

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