Readability of Children's Periodicals Yesterday and Today.
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| Title: | Readability of Children's Periodicals Yesterday and Today. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Glass, Betty J, Cook, M. Kathleen |
| Source: | Reading Horizons. Spr 1990 30(3):224-232. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Nineteenth Century Literature, Periodicals, Poetry, Readability, Reading Research, Twentieth Century Literature, Writing Evaluation |
| Abstract: | Examines the readability levels of two current children's periodicals and two nineteenth-century periodicals. Finds the language skills used by children writing poetry and letters to the editor have not declined over the last century. Finds nonfiction and recreational fiction articles to be more difficult in the nineteenth century. (RS) |
| Entry Date: | 1990 |
| Accession Number: | EJ408320 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Examines the readability levels of two current children's periodicals and two nineteenth-century periodicals. Finds the language skills used by children writing poetry and letters to the editor have not declined over the last century. Finds nonfiction and recreational fiction articles to be more difficult in the nineteenth century. (RS) |
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