SHOULD WE INCLUDE TERMS IN READABILITY FORMULAS OF SLAVONIC TEXTS?

  • Ivana Škorecová Department of physics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
  • Aba Teleki Department of physics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
  • Ľubomír Zelenický Department of physics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Keywords: readability, cloze test, school book, eye tracker, term

Abstract

In this article we show how readability depends on the number of terms. We compare two different physical-didactical texts. We explain what readability means and how readability of some didactical text can be checked. We will analyze texts of natural science. First, we use an eye tracker for measuring the time to read long terms average sized terms, and words that are not terms. We perform a cloze test. A comparison of results defined a variable of the readability formula of Slavonic physical texts.

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Published
2016-09-21