Assessing the Readability of Geoscience Textbooks, Laboratory Manuals, and Supplemental Materials

by: Scott P. Hippensteel

Reading materials used in undergraduate science classes have not received the same attention in the literature as those used in secondary schools. Additionally, reports critical of college textbooks and their prose are common. To assess both problems and determine the readability of assignments and texts used by geoscience faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a readability study was conducted on the most commonly used textbooks, laboratory manuals, and supplemental materials (magazine/journal articles).

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2015Stock # jcst15_044_06_24Volume 044Issue 06

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