The Relationship of Readability and Conceptual Level to Performance on a Navy Non-Resident Career Course.
Abstract
The relationships of readability (as measured by the Flesch and Kincaid formulas) and conceptual level (CL) to performance on study questions contained in the Non-Resident Career Course (NRCC) Hull Maintenance Technician 3 and 2, NAVEDTRA 91510 were analyzed. Two samples of study questions, a nonerror sample and an error sample, were drawn from this NRCC. The results show that readability between the nonerror and the error samples, or between the textual passages associated with these samples, does not differ significantly. The results do show, however, that the conceptual level (thinking) required to answer the study questions is related to error rate. That is, high error rate study questions are associated with higher conceptual levels than are zero error rate study questions. Methods are presented for using high and low CL study questions to improve the training effectiveness of NRCCs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA034287
Entities
People
- Robert E. Doucette
- Robert J. Biersner