Problems of assessing the readability of biology textbooks for first examinations
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Biological Education
- Vol. 12 (2) , 113-122
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.1978.9654186
Abstract
Aspects of textbooks' readability are discussed and some recommendations are made. The results of applying three readability tests to thirteen current textbooks are presented.Keywords
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