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ERIC Number: EJ370072
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Indicators of Reading Difficulty: Discrimination between Instructional- and Frustration-Range Performance of Functionally Illiterate Adults.
Bristow, Page Simpson; Leslie, Lauren
Reading Research Quarterly, v23 n2 p200-18 Spr 1988
Examines the validity of oral reading accuracy and comprehension as indicators of difficulty for functionally illiterate adults and the feasibility of using four less commonly measured variables as additional indicators of difficulty. Indicates that accuracy and comprehension are valid indicators of difficulty. Rate and miscue quality are strong additional discriminators. (JK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basal Reading, Discriminant Analysis, Functional Literacy, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Fluency, Reading Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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