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THE VARIANCE AMONGST THE RESULTS OF READABILITY FORMULAS REGARDING U.S. HISTORY TEXTBOOKS

Instone, Elizabeth A.

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2011, Master of Education (MEd), Bowling Green State University, Reading.
Many U .S. history teachers use textbooks as the primary reading in their classrooms. Generally, the textbooks are written at a higher readability level than the grade level for which the text is intended. Also, the reliability of the readability levels published by textbook companies should be questioned. This investigation sought to explore the readability of textbooks for use in U. S. history classes. The research question in this study was: What is the variability of the three different readability formulas on selected U. S. history textbooks? In the study, three readability formulas were analyzed: the Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning (FOG), and Fry Graph. Three U. S. history textbooks previously used in classrooms were chosen for the study. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the variance amongst the results. The results show there was a great amount of variance amongst the readability formulas regarding U. S. history textbooks. Teachers should be aware of the variability amongst the formulas and question the readability level provided by the publishers.
Cindy Hendricks, PhD (Committee Chair)
Mohammad Darabie, PhD (Committee Member)
John Sorg, EdD (Other)

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  • Instone, E. A. (2011). THE VARIANCE AMONGST THE RESULTS OF READABILITY FORMULAS REGARDING U.S. HISTORY TEXTBOOKS [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1300739565

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Instone, Elizabeth. THE VARIANCE AMONGST THE RESULTS OF READABILITY FORMULAS REGARDING U.S. HISTORY TEXTBOOKS. 2011. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1300739565.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Instone, Elizabeth. "THE VARIANCE AMONGST THE RESULTS OF READABILITY FORMULAS REGARDING U.S. HISTORY TEXTBOOKS." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1300739565

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)