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Peer reviewedCoke, Esther U. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1977
To determine whether the connectedness of prose passages had any effect on the behavior of readers who searched for information in the passages, the behavior of readers who saw the normal arrangement of a passage was contrasted with the behavior of readers who saw the random arrangement of the passage. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Context Clues, Lexicology
Download full textCoke, Esther U. – 1973
Prose passages read aloud or silently were rated for pronounceability and comprehensibility. The relationships of text-derived readability indices to reading rate, comprehensibility ratings and comprehension test scores were explored. Reading rate in syllables per minute was unrelated to readability. The high correlation between rate in words per…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Predictor Variables, Pronunciation, Readability
