A survey on recent approaches to question difficulty estimation from text
Question Difficulty Estimation from Text (QDET) is the application of Natural Language
Processing techniques to the estimation of a value, either numerical or categorical, which …
Processing techniques to the estimation of a value, either numerical or categorical, which …
Supervised and unsupervised neural approaches to text readability
We present a set of novel neural supervised and unsupervised approaches for determining
the readability of documents. In the unsupervised setting, we leverage neural language …
the readability of documents. In the unsupervised setting, we leverage neural language …
A large-scaled corpus for assessing text readability
This paper introduces the CommonLit Ease of Readability (CLEAR) corpus, which provides
unique readability scores for~ 5000 text excerpts along with information about the excerpt's …
unique readability scores for~ 5000 text excerpts along with information about the excerpt's …
How much knowledge is too little? When a lack of knowledge becomes a barrier to comprehension
Have you ever found it difficult to read something because you lack knowledge on the topic?
We investigated this phenomenon with a sample of 3,534 high school students who took a …
We investigated this phenomenon with a sample of 3,534 high school students who took a …
Text complexity: State of the art and the conundrums it raises
SR Goldman, CD Lee - The Elementary School Journal, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Standards for literacy in the twenty-first century raise the bar on the complexity of texts and
the tasks for which they are used. The strengths and limitations of contemporary approaches …
the tasks for which they are used. The strengths and limitations of contemporary approaches …
Assessing reading levels of health information: uses and limitations of flesch formula
P Jindal, JC MacDermid - Education for Health, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: Written health information is commonly used by health-care professionals
(HCPs) to inform and assess patients in clinical practice. With growing self-management of …
(HCPs) to inform and assess patients in clinical practice. With growing self-management of …
Trends, limitations and open challenges in automatic readability assessment research
S Vajjala - arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.00973, 2021 - arxiv.org
Readability assessment is the task of evaluating the reading difficulty of a given piece of text.
Although research on computational approaches to readability assessment is now two …
Although research on computational approaches to readability assessment is now two …
A neural pairwise ranking model for readability assessment
J Lee, S Vajjala - arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.07450, 2022 - arxiv.org
Automatic Readability Assessment (ARA), the task of assigning a reading level to a text, is
traditionally treated as a classification problem in NLP research. In this paper, we propose …
traditionally treated as a classification problem in NLP research. In this paper, we propose …
An exploration of text difficulty and knowledge support on adolescents' comprehension
The purpose of the study was to determine whether easy or challenging versions of texts,
when accompanied by different types of instructional support, improved adolescents' …
when accompanied by different types of instructional support, improved adolescents' …
Relating reading comprehension to oral reading performance in the NAEP fourth‐grade special study of oral reading
In this secondary analysis study, the authors explored the relations between reading
comprehension and oral reading performance in fourth‐grade students, using a data set …
comprehension and oral reading performance in fourth‐grade students, using a data set …