60 relations: Accessible publishing, Adpositional phrase, Adult education, Asemic writing, Bourbaki dangerous bend symbol, Cloze test, Coh-Metrix, Cohesion (linguistics), College, Comment (computer programming), Communication, Computer programming, Content (media), Correlation and dependence, Discipline, Douglas Waples, Edgar Dale, Educational stage, Edward Thorndike, Elizabethan era, Eye movement in reading, Flesch–Kincaid readability tests, Fry readability formula, George R. Klare, Human Resources Research Organization, Leading, Legibility, Lexile, Line length, List of plain English words and phrases, Literacy, Lyman Bryson, Miles Tinker, Naming convention (programming), Natural language, Newspaper, Parent education program, Personal pronoun, Plain language, Point (typography), Programming language, Ralph W. Tyler, Readability, Reading (process), Reading comprehension, Rudolf Flesch, Saint Xavier University, Sentence (linguistics), Seventh grade, Sidney L. Pressey, ..., Syntax, Teachers College, Columbia University, Typography, Understanding, University of Chicago, Verbosity, William S. Gray, Word (computer architecture), Word lists by frequency, Writing. Expand index (10 more) »
Accessible publishing
Accessible publishing is an approach to publishing and book design whereby books and other texts are made available in alternative formats designed to aid or replace the reading process.
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Adpositional phrase
An adpositional phrase, in linguistics, is a syntactic category that includes prepositional phrases, postpositional phrases, and circumpositional phrases.
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Adult education
Adult education is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values.
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Asemic writing
Asemic writing is a wordless open semantic form of writing.
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Bourbaki dangerous bend symbol
The dangerous bend or caution symbol ☡ was created by the Nicolas Bourbaki group of mathematicians and appears in the margins of mathematics books written by the group.
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Cloze test
A cloze test (also cloze deletion test) is an exercise, test, or assessment consisting of a portion of language with certain items, words, or signs removed (cloze text), where the participant is asked to replace the missing language item.
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Coh-Metrix
Coh-Metrix is a computational tool that produces indices of the linguistic and discourse representations of a text.
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Cohesion (linguistics)
Cohesion is the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.
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College
A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one.
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Comment (computer programming)
In computer programming, a comment is a programmer-readable explanation or annotation in the source code of a computer program.
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Communication
Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share") is the act of conveying intended meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.
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Computer programming
Computer programming is the process of building and designing an executable computer program for accomplishing a specific computing task.
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Content (media)
In publishing, art, and communication, content is the information and experiences that are directed towards an end-user or audience.
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Correlation and dependence
In statistics, dependence or association is any statistical relationship, whether causal or not, between two random variables or bivariate data.
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Discipline
Discipline is action or inaction that is regulated to be in accordance (or to achieve accord) with a system of governance.
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Douglas Waples
Douglas Waples (March 3, 1893—April 25, 1978) was a pioneer of the University of Chicago Graduate Library School in the areas of print communication and reading behavior.
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Edgar Dale
Edgar Dale (April 27, 1900 in Benson, Minnesota, – March 8, 1985 in Columbus, Ohio) was an American educator who developed the Cone of Experience.
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Educational stage
Educational stages are subdivisions of formal learning, typically covering early childhood education, primary education, secondary education and tertiary (or higher) education.
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Edward Thorndike
Edward Lee Thorndike (August 31, 1874 – August 9, 1949) was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Elizabethan era
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
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Eye movement in reading
Eye movement in reading involves the visual processing of written text.
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Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
The Flesch–Kincaid readability tests are readability tests designed to indicate how difficult a passage in English is to understand.
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Fry readability formula
The Fry readability formula (or Fry readability graph) is a readability metric for English texts, developed by Edward Fry.
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George R. Klare
George R. Klare (1922–2006) was a World War II veteran and a distinguished professor of psychology and dean at Ohio University.
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Human Resources Research Organization
The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) is an applied research company founded by Meredith P. Crawford and headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia by Peter Ramsberger (Originally published in the March/April 2002 issue of Psychological Science Agenda, the newsletter of the APA Science Directorate.) which specializes in providing human capital management, education, resource analysis, and training for government and private companies.
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Leading
In typography, leading refers to the distance between adjacent lines of type; however, the exact definition has become confused.
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Legibility
Legibility is the ease with which a reader can recognize individual characters in text.
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Lexile
The Lexile Framework for Reading is an educational tool that uses a measure called a Lexile to match readers with books, articles and other leveled reading resources.
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Line length
In typography, line length is the width of a block of typeset text, usually measured in units of length like inches or points or in characters per line (in which case it is a measure).
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List of plain English words and phrases
This is a list of plain English words and phrases and the longer, more cumbersome words they can replace.
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Literacy
Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.
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Lyman Bryson
Lyman Lloyd Bryson (July 11, 1888 – November 24, 1959) was an American educator, media advisor and author known for his work in educational radio and television programs for CBS from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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Miles Tinker
Miles Albert Tinker (August 22, 1893 – March 4, 1977) was an American author.
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Naming convention (programming)
In computer programming, a naming convention is a set of rules for choosing the character sequence to be used for identifiers which denote variables, types, functions, and other entities in source code and documentation.
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Natural language
In neuropsychology, linguistics, and the philosophy of language, a natural language or ordinary language is any language that has evolved naturally in humans through use and repetition without conscious planning or premeditation.
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Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events.
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Parent education program
A parent education program is a course that can be followed to correct and improve a person's parenting skills.
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Personal pronoun
Personal pronouns are pronouns that are associated primarily with a particular grammatical person – first person (as I), second person (as you), or third person (as he, she, it, they).
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Plain language
Plain language is writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly, easily, and completely as possible.
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Point (typography)
In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure.
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Programming language
A programming language is a formal language that specifies a set of instructions that can be used to produce various kinds of output.
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Ralph W. Tyler
Ralph W. Tyler (1902–1994) was an American educator who worked in the field of assessment and evaluation.
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Readability
Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text.
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Reading (process)
Reading is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension).
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Reading comprehension
Reading comprehension is the ability to process text, understand its meaning, and to integrate it with what the reader already knows.
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Rudolf Flesch
Rudolf Franz Flesch (Vienna, 8 May 1911 – New York, 5 October 1986) was an Austrian-born naturalised American author (noted for his book Why Johnny Can't Read), and also a readability expert and writing consultant who was a vigorous proponent of plain English in the United States.
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Saint Xavier University
Saint Xavier University (SXU) is a four-year, coeducational institution of higher learning located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Sentence (linguistics)
In non-functional linguistics, a sentence is a textual unit consisting of one or more words that are grammatically linked.
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Seventh grade
Seventh grade, equivalent to Year 8 in England and Wales, and First Year in Scotland, is a year of education in many nations.
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Sidney L. Pressey
Sidney Leavitt Pressey (Brooklyn, New York, December 28, 1888 – July 1, 1979) was Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University for many years.
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Syntax
In linguistics, syntax is the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, usually including word order.
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Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College, Columbia University (TC or Columbia University Graduate School of Education) is a graduate school of education, health and psychology in New York City.
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Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.
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Understanding
Understanding is a psychological process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to think about it and use concepts to deal adequately with that object.
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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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Verbosity
Verbosity or verboseness is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary (for example, using "Despite the fact that" instead of "Although").
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William S. Gray
William S. Gray (1885–1960) was an American educator and literacy advocate.
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Word (computer architecture)
In computing, a word is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design.
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Word lists by frequency
Word lists by frequency are lists of a language's words grouped by frequency of occurrence within some given text corpus, either by levels or as a ranked list, serving the purpose of vocabulary acquisition.
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Writing
Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readability