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Determining readability by computer analysis using the Fourier transform to calculate the spatial frequencies of words

Creator:

Piepmeier, Karen Swanson

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The black and white pattern formed when an individual word is printed on a page was analyzed by the Fourier transform. The Fourier transform produces a sequence of sinusodial functions, usually called spatial frequencies, whose amplitudes depend upon the particular pattern analyzed. These amplitudes were examined to determine if the...

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Dissertation
An evaluation of using the spiral model to teach media at Oregon State University

Creator:

Piepmeier, Karen Swanson

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A decade after the School of Education at Oregon State University adopted a spiral model of curriculum for teacher education, a study was conducted to determine if Instructional Media, one thread of that model, was spiralled in the curriculum. A survey was conducted of graduating seniors, using a questionnaire to...

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Masters Thesis

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, especially, Dr. Fred Zwahlen, Dr. Ruth Stiehl, Dr. R. J. Weinman, and Dr. Frank Cross. My thanks to my