Readability of Texts in Secondary School Mathematics Course Books
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Readability and Reading Ages in school books
Introduction When writing a textbook, a work-sheet or an examination paper, an author is intent on transmitting information to the reader. How well the author succeeds will depend on the readability of the text. Readability is concerned with the problem of matching between reader and text. An accomplished reader is likely to be bored by simple repetitive texts. A poor reader will soon become di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Journal of Education and Training
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2519-5387
DOI: 10.20448/journal.522.2018.44.250.256