The Fry Graph Readability Formula Edward Fry developed one of the more popular Reading Formulas – the Fry Graph Readability Formula. Fry‚ who worked as a Fulbright Scholar in Uganda‚ also helped teachers to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) for a few years‚ from 1963 and onwards. During his early days‚ Fry developed readability tests based on graph [A Readability Formula That Saves Time‚ Journal of Reading (1968)]. This graph-based test determined readability through high school; it was validated
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1 REVIEW OF THE TYPES OF TESTS 1. Discrete and Integrative Tests Tests have come to be an accepted component of instructional programs throughout the world. The main reasons for testing are: a) to measure individual progress; b) to assess the degree of success of teaching and learning and to identify areas of weakness and difficulty; c) to measure students probable performance; d) to sort new students into teaching groups so that they are approximately the same
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Readability It is defined as the difficult to understand a text‚ it is extremely helpful tool at the time to provide written information to patients and the community in general because it assure it will be comprehensible to a vast majority of readers. It is important to create awareness on the healthcare community that written literature designed to teach or inform patient’s needs to be simple‚ logical and clear to everyone who tries to read and comprehend it. Healthcare professionals need to be
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Major Themes Appearance vs. reality Especially relevant to the issue of Iago’s character; for although he is called "honest" by almost everyone in the play‚ he is treacherous‚ deceitful‚ and manipulative. Also applies to Desdemona‚ as Othello believes that she is deceitful and impure‚ although she is really blameless and innocent. Race Race is an extremely important theme; it has a great amount of influence on how people regard Othellofor those who distrust black people merely on looks never
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Table of Contents LIST of ABBREVIATIONS 3 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Importance of readability user test 4 2. Planned Testing procedures for readability testing 4 2.2.1 Recommended for style of questions 5 2.3 Making test materials and pilot testing 5 2.3.1Pilot-testing questionnaire 6 3. Assigning interviewers 6 4. Recruiting test subjects 6 5. Conducting user test 6 5.1 Scheduling test dates and locations 6 5.2 Preparation of testing materials 7 5.2.1 Test methods 7 5.3 Conducting first round of testing
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Take me to the fries! "Little fry‚ who made thee?" In the beginning was the potato. How it found its way from the South American highlands into those little sacks of McDonald’s fries is a long‚ adventurous tale‚ involving Conquistadors‚ Marie Antoinette‚ and Thomas Jefferson. Millionaires have been made and millions more have died from dependence on that simple‚ innocent potato. Here‚ then‚ is the story of the spud‚ which reached its crowning achievement only once it had been paired with oil
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In the pursuit of such an assessment‚ I relied upon the Flesch-Kincaid readability test to provide calculations. The Flesch-Kincaid readability test analyzes a written manuscript and determines the grade reading level‚ as defined by the US government‚ of the piece by taking the total words divided by total sentences‚ and the total syllables divided by total
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Yi Guo ENGl10125 Phillip Bannowsky 11/05/2011 How to Fry Fish Frying fish is one of the most delicious ways to cook any kind fish. Today‚ I will introduce one skillful way how to fry fish. We have three major steps to complete frying tasty fried fish. Fish step is to wash it‚ then prepare the mixture‚ and finally step is to fry the fish. Let’s do the first job. Before frying the fish. It is ncessary to wash it very cleanly. Nobody want to eat a unwashed fried fish. As a common sense‚
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Ms. Fry has a perfect blend of patience and toughness. On the one hand she understands that these students are trying but it is extremely hard for them. On the other hand‚ she still pushes them to do their absolute best and to never use their situation as an excuse. The first three InTask Standards are‚ Learner Development‚ Learning Differences‚ Learning Environments. All three of these are covered extremely well by Ms. Fry. Her job allows for this to be possible. Because she works with a smaller
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World History Review sheet Foundations of Civilization (Prehistory–3000 B.C.): Summary A key to understanding history is studying the five themes of geography: location‚ place‚ ____ ____ ____‚ movement‚ and region. With the help of modern science‚ archaeologists analyze early human remains and reconstruct how early people lived. Historians learn about the past by examining and evaluating written evidence and other records. The earliest period of human history is called the____ ____ ____. Paleolithic
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