TAL 404 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Carleton Washburne, Readability, Edward Thorndike

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Teaching and Learning
• Course: TAL 404
• Professor: Dr.Post

Document Summary

Text readability: quantitative has a numerical measurement component, qualitative is more subjective, when trying to do "instructional matching" between a student & the text they are reading look at these two factors. Learning aids: contains photos, graphics, illustrations to aid in comprehension; contains a glossary, index, table of contents & other organizational features. Checklists to assess qualitative factors: you may put your own checklist together to decide if a text is considerate, bader"s textbook analysis chart is one example. What is textbook readability--quantitative factors: readability refers to the ease in which text can be read and understood, much of the research in this area has focused on the of matching texts to the stude(cid:374)t"s readi(cid:374)g levels. In general, text with longer sentences is harder to read: giving students books below their reading level for personal reading builds fluency, the textbook can be at their level though.