Readability of College General Biology Textbooks: Revisited.

Walker, Noojin

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Publication Date: 1980-Jan

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Readability of College General Biology Textbooks: Revisited.

Walker, Noojin

Science Education, v64 n1 p29-34 Jan 1980

Described are results from a study of college general biology textbooks determining significant increases or decreases in human-interest level and/or grade-level readability. In an analysis of eight textbooks used in 56 colleges, it was concluded that neither readability nor interest level has changed from 1960 to 1978. (CS)

Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Higher Education, National Surveys, Reading Level, Science Education, Student Interests, Test Results, Textbook Evaluation, Textbooks

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