Text Coherence and Readability.

Meyer, Bonnie J. F.

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ERIC Number: EJ674696

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Text Coherence and Readability.

Meyer, Bonnie J. F.

Topics in Language Disorders, v23 n3 p204-24 Jul-Sep 2003

This article discusses how text variables interact with reader, strategy, and task variables to affect readability, including text coherence, text organization, signaling, and text structure. It considers how classic readability formulas, in concert with consideration of text, text reader, and strategy variables, can be used to match texts to readers. (Contains references.) (CR)

Descriptors: Coherence, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Impairments, Organization, Performance Factors, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Material Selection, Text Structure

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme Issue: Readability in Classroom and Clinic: New Perspectives.