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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Text Comprehension: The Parameters of Difficulty in Narrative and Expository Prose Texts: A Redefinition of Readability

Abstract

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The purpose of this study is to define the parameters of text and reader variables that effect comprehension in order to redefine readability. Eight different short and well-written texts were used. They were presented in an international reading assessment project, administered by the Interna

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Baten, Lut

Subjects

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Language dc:language
eng

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8203399
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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/66072

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2026-07-22
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citation

Baten, Lut. Text Comprehension: The Parameters of Difficulty in Narrative and Expository Prose Texts: A Redefinition of Readability. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/66072