The readability of a high stakes Physics examination paper

This article reports on the readability of a Physics examination paper written by grade-12 students. A sample of 500 scripts was analysed for readability problems associated with linguistic features synonymous with scientific writing. The study revealed that where a question displayed a linguistic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Umesh Ramnarain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2012-04-01
Series:Acta Academica
Online Access:http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1353