Coh-metrix: Providing multilevel analyses of text characteristics

Educational Researcher

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 223-234

  Graesser, Arthur C ^a   McNamara, Danielle S ^a   Kulikowich, Jonna M ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; comprehension; computer applications; content analysis; discourse processes; language processes; technology; textual analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959808773     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X11413260     Document Type: Article

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