How to Use the SMOG Readability Formula on Health Materials 7 min read Readability Formulas Help How to Use the SMOG Readability Formula on Health Materials David Long November 24, 2023 When Jane received her medical prescription, she was puzzled. The instructions seemed complex and riddled with medical jargon. As...Read More
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Learn about the Raygor Readability Graph 5 min read Readability Formulas Help Learn about the Raygor Readability Graph Brian Scott October 24, 2023 The Raygor Readability Graph is a formula/graph developed by Alton L. Raygor in the 1970s to assess the reading...Read More
Writing for 2nd Grade Readers – Syntactic Stats 8 min read Reader Profiles Writing for 2nd Grade Readers – Syntactic Stats Brian Scott September 2, 2023 A second-grade reading level refers to the literacy skills of a child in the second grade, age 7-8. This...Read More
Writing for College Student Readers – Syntactic Stats 8 min read Reader Profiles Writing for College Student Readers – Syntactic Stats Brian Scott August 31, 2023 Syntactics refers to the study of sentence structure, word order, grammar, and word usage to convey meaning effectively and...Read More
Improve Your Writing Style with Cognitive Load Theory 10 min read Writing Tips Improve Your Writing Style with Cognitive Load Theory Brian Scott April 16, 2024 Mrs. Elaine Harper, a retired English teacher, recently hosted a writer’s workshop at her local library in Tulsa, OK....Read More