On Readability Formulas: A Critical Analysis for Teachers of the Deaf

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1988 English Publisher:Project MUSEJournal:American Annals of the Deaf, volume 133, pages 14-18 (eissn: 1543-0375,

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Authors: N K, Israelite;

doi: 10.1353/aad.2012.0618

pmid: 3407573

On Readability Formulas: A Critical Analysis for Teachers of the Deaf

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Abstract

This article discusses the limitations of readability formulas, which are often used to guide the development and selection of reading materials for hearing-impaired students. Aspects of the reader-writer-text interaction that make for comprehensible texts, but are not accounted for by readability formulas, are described. Teachers of the deaf are then offered viable alternatives for selecting comprehensible reading materials.

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Reading, Teaching Materials, Education, Special, Teaching, Humans, Deafness

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