Date of Award
Summer 1975
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Education (MSEd)
Department
Teaching & Learning
Program/Concentration
Elementary Education
Committee Director
Raymond Morgan
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E32R855
Abstract
A comparison between publishers suggested grade levels and readability grade levels derived by the Dale Chall readability formula were investigated. In a junior high school social studies class of 104 students, cloze tests of comprehensibility were administered and a comparison was made with the readability grade levels of the text books, The results demonstrated that there was a significant difference between the publishers' suggested grade levels and those grade levels derived by the readability formula. There was also a significant difference between the grade levels and the results of the cloze tests. These findings seemed to indicate that publishers need to give additional attention to the degree of continuity between and within the levels of social studies materials. A reevaluation of the assignment of the textbooks was indicated.
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DOI
10.25777/jyxv-2n95
Recommended Citation
Russo-Otto, Audia.
"A Survey of Comprehensibility of Eighth Grade Social Studies Textbooks in the Norfolk Public School System"
(1975). Master of Science in Education (MSEd), Thesis, Teaching & Learning, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/jyxv-2n95
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/teachinglearning_etds/109
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Elementary Education Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons