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Peer reviewedCoke, Esther U. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1976
This study explored the hypothesis that task variables account for previous findings that reading rate is unaffected by readability. The findings suggest that when appropriate reading tasks are chosen, reading rate can be used to infer underlying processes in reading. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: High School Students, Readability, Reading Rate, Reading Tests
Download full textCoke, Esther U. – 1974
This study examined the adaptability of reading rate to passage difficulty under different conditions of task-induced processing. Sixteen experimental passages varying in subject matter and ranging from 85 to 171 words were selected from a set of 32 texts rated for comprehensibility. The eight easiest and eight hardest texts were selected. Another…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, High School Students, Readability, Reading
