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ERIC Number: EJ216789
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Using Readability Levels of Local Materials for the Investigation of a Contemporary Problem.
Curtis, Charles K.; Shaver, James P.
Social Studies, v70 n6 p265-69 Nov-Dec 1979
Discusses study to determine readability levels of materials for the social studies classroom which examine contemporary problems. The Dale-Chall and the Fry readability formulae were used. Reading levels of newspapers, government publications, magazines, and publications of special interest groups are provided in chart form. (KC)
Descriptors: Current Events, Media Research, Newspapers, Periodicals, Publications, Readability, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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