A text development process to improve the comprehensiblity of educational text

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dc.contributor.authorRisdon, Pennyen
dc.contributor.committeechairFortune, Jimmie C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCross, Lawrence H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHereford, Karl T.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLambur, Michael Thomasen
dc.contributor.committeememberWildman, Terryen
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Research and Evaluationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:16:48Zen
dc.date.adate2008-07-28en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:16:48Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2008-07-28en
dc.date.sdate2008-07-28en
dc.description.abstractStaff of the Cooperative Extension Service develops and distributes educational publications to inform the public of practical applications of research information. However, many of these publications are written in a technical style that makes them difficult for the average 4-H member and adult leader to understand the subject matter presented. The purpose of this study was to investigate a systematic process for improving the understanding or comprehensibility of these educational publications. A model of a publication development process based on learning principles was created. This study investigated the effectiveness of the model with Extension subject-matter specialists developing publications for 4-H youth. Specifically, this study was conducted in three parts: the model of the text-development process was taught to subject-matter specialists; the specialists in turn used the model to develop educational texts for 4-H youth; and finally comprehensibility testing of the text passages produced by the specialists with 4-H youth members and adult leaders was conducted. This study confirmed that the utilization of learning principles within the text-development process can improve the comprehensibility of subject matter information presented in Extension educational publications.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentvii, 113 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07282008-135503en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07282008-135503/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/38969en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1990.R577.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 21573091en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1990.R577en
dc.subject.lcsh4-H clubsen
dc.subject.lcshAgricultural education -- Information servicesen
dc.subject.lcshTextbooks -- Readabilityen
dc.titleA text development process to improve the comprehensiblity of educational texten
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Research and Evaluationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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