JoinAssessing the Readability of Geoscience Textbooks, Laboratory Manuals, and Supplemental Materials
Reading materials used in undergraduate science classes have not received the same attention in the literature as those used in secondary schools. Additionally, reports critical of college textbooks and their prose are common. To assess both problems and determine the readability of assignments and texts used by geoscience faculty at
the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a readability study was conducted on the most commonly used textbooks, laboratory manuals, and supplemental materials (magazine/journal articles).