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ERIC Number: EJ273667
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Oct
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Testing a Readable Writing Approach to Text Revision.
Duffy, Thomas M.; Kabance, Paula
Journal of Educational Psychology, v74 n5 p733-48 Oct 1982
The present findings imply that a readability formula is not an effective writing production criterion, even when the writer does not deliberately write to the formula. Comprehensibility of text might be better controlled through the proper use of the transformer concept (MacDonald-Ross and Waller). (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, Measurement Techniques, Military Personnel, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension, Revision (Written Composition), Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Revision Processes; Transformers