ML20063N264

Affidavit of P Winograd Re Document on Plans to Aid Area Residents During Emergencies.Readability of Document Works Out to Be First Yr College Matl.Format Makes Vital Info Hard to Locate.Prof Qualifications Encl

ML20063N264
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Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	09/11/1982
From:	Winograd P JOINT INTERVENORS - WATERFORD, KENTUCKY, UNIV. OF, LEXINGTON, KY
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- l UNITED STATES l

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 1 In the Matter of )

LOUISIANA POWER AND LIGifI )

. . Docket "20-382 Wa t.orford Steam Elect ric Sta t. ton )

(Unit 3) )

AFFIDAt IT OF PFl'ER WlNOGRAD CONCERN ING Tl'I; EMERGENCY INFORMATION BROCIIUEE 0.1. Please State your name and occupation.

A.1. My name is Peter Winograd. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, hentuchy. A copy of my curriculum vit ae is a t. t ached .

Q.2. Have you reviewed the document ent.itled Plans to Aid Area Posidents during tworgencies? If so, please corrruent.

As requested, i have evaluated the readability level of the brochure Plans to Aid Area Residents During Emergencies.

Fi rst, I want t o mal < e some comments about readability in general. Second, I t.ill comment on the readability of the brochure in particular.

Traditionally, inadability formulas have focused on the surf ace characterist ics of texts such as length of words and lengths of sentonces. AltFough such surface features are good indites of a text's difficulty level, long words and long sentences cu nat cause a text to be difficult.

Using shorter words and shorter centences will not make a text easier t o understand.

More rccer,tly, leading researchers have begun to consider other f actors that rnight make reading difficult including number of ideas per sentence, the familiarity of the concepts or how wel.1 organized the text is. However, this work is still relatively new and so we usually rely on the l more tr:1ditional foruulas.

I Let. me note one further limitation. The traditional l reading formulas were Intended to be used with prose. This l 1s important locause the brochuro contains illustrations, ta bles ,

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m a map, and a glo. mary Thus, the rnadability formular. fail to address the d i.f ficttity level of these features.

I used a widaly an:epted readabilit.y fortrula ( F ry, Journal of Readir.q, December, 1977, H , 242-252) and took four 100 word samples f r o.n the preso part s of tlie brochure. The Fry readabili ty forriola in based on the number of syllables and length of sentences. For the four 100 teord samples the average number of syllables was 165 and the average number o f sentences was 4.8. This graphs out t o an average reading dif ficulty level equal to first ,vear college material. Again, this does not say how easy or hard t he i np , graphs, or illustrations are to read.

I would like to make some ot-her comments about the reading level of the brochure bared on intuition. The format is such that It seems df.fficult to find the vital information. Moreover, the brocl'ure is full of ron-vital detail (Interesting, but too much). I think that an ac, ult wir.h poor reading skills would find i.t difficult to vade through all the details to get to the impottant facts (Nhich radio station to turn to).

The above statements ,tre true and correct to the best of my personal knowledge and belief.

, Peter Winograd Subscribed and ;wo rn :o before me this day of September, 1932.

Notary Pubit7 My Co:rJnission ENpires:

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VITA Peter. N. Winograd Depatraent of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education Room 307 Dickey llall University of Kentucky Lexingten, Kentucky 40506

. Telephone: 606-258-4896 (offi:e) 606-276-3070 (heme)

EDUCATION University af Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Education, Ph.D., Reading, August, 1981.

Dissertation: An Examination of Strategic Difficulties in Sumraarizing Texts.

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Right-to-Read Training, Spring and Summer, 1976.

Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado, M. A. , Education, August, 1975.

Western State Colicge, Gunnison, Colorado, B.A., Sociology, B.A.,

Education, August, 1974.

CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor, Depar tmer t of Curriculum and Instruction.

Ieachirig responsib *11 ties include:

EDC 330, Diagr.ostic Teaching of 1:ending and Language Arts in the Element:iry Echool.

EDC 619, Diagnosis of Reading Disabilities.

EDC 641, Research and Theory in Teaching Reading in the Elementary School.

EDC 777, Doctoral Seninar in Currienlum and Instruction:

Computer Use in Reading Research Research interests include examining the f actors involved in the comprehension diff!.eultica of poor readers, evaluating and developing techniquac for teaching reading comprehension, and using computer techaelogy to assist adult illiterates to learn to read.

PREV 10US EXPERIENCE Research Assistant ,- Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois at UrSana-Chimpaign, September 1977 - August 1981.

Research respo tsibilities included designing studies, construct-ing noterials, collect ing data, analyzing data using various statistical packages (SI'S3, SOUPAC,10101'), and writing reports and articles. Resear:h topics inclu; led assessing children's concepts atout reading, examining potential differences bt tween written and spaken laaguage, assessing children's strategies in answering questions, and using the PLATO computer system in teach-ing adults to read.

Summer Faculty, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado.

Teaching Reading in the liigh School, June, 1981.

Teaching Reading in the liigh School, July - August, 1980.

Psycholinguistics and Reading, July - August, 1980.

Teaching Reading in the liigh School, August, 19/9.

Psycholinguistics and Reading, August, 1978.

Developmental Reading, July - August, 1977.

Developmental Reading, July - August, 1976.

Developmental Reading, Sum.mer, 1975.

Developmeatal Reading, Sem.rer, 1974.

Right-To-Read Director, Developing and teaching a series of classes designed to help parents improve their children's reading.

Reading for Parents in cenjunction with School District 116, Urbana, Illinois, October - November 1980.

Reading for Parents ir. Cenjunction with School District 116, Urbana, I111ncis, March - April 1980.

Reading for Parents rnd Children in conjunction with Moraine Valley Community College and School District 126, Palos Ilills, Illincis, February - April 1977.

Readirg for Pcrents in conjunction with School District 143, Midlothian, Illinois, January - 1:ay 1977.

Readir.g for Pcrents in conjunction with School District 143, Midlothian, Illinois, May - June 1976.

The 1111nois office of Education has cited the Parents and Reading j

courst as an " outstanding effort in the Illinois Right-to-Read P rog ram. "

Teaching Assistant, Deparument of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, l University of Illino!.s at Urbana-Champaign.

l Clinical Practicum in Reading, June - July, 1979.

Clinical Diagnosis and Remediation in Reading, June - July, 1978.

Clinical Practicum in Reading, June - July,1978.

Instructor, Thornton Community College, South llolland, Illinois.

Remedial Reading for Childcen in grades 2 - 8 Summer, 1977.

Remedial Reading for Children in grades 2 - 8, Summer, 1976.

Reading Enrichment for Children in grades 3 - 8, September 1975-June, 1977.

Raading for liigh School Students, Fall,1976.

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Instructor, Thornton Comnunity College, South llolland, Illinois.

!!arvey Adult Education Center, liarvey, Illinois.

Adult Bc. sic Educatien and G.E.D. classes, September 1975 - June 1977.

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Instructor, Western State College, Cunnison, Colorado.

Adult Education - Developnental Reading, March - June 1975.

PUBl.ICATIONS AND PRESICITATIONS Winograd, P. , An examinaticn of strategic dif ficulties in summarizing

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Invited presci tation to-be given at the 27th Annual Con-vention of the Internation.al Reading Associatior. in Chicago, Illinois, April. 1982.

Cohen, S. G. , Bridgc , C. A. , ar.d Winograd, P. , Semantic analysis of childrens' sritin_g. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the' National Readirg Conference in Dallas, Texas, December,1981.

Eridge, C. A., Flandreau, J. , and Winograd, P., Introspective analysis of subjects' awareness of cohesive relationships while supplying cloze deletiont,. Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the College Reading Association in Louisville, Kentucky, October,1981.

Winograd, P., An examination of the su:anaries produced by good and poor reeders. Presented a*: the 30th Annual Meeting of the National Recding Conference in San Diego, California, December,1930.

1 19t2 y13 51-76 Winograd, P., and Johnston, P. Comprehension monitoring and th,e error detection para:11gm. j,ouraal of Reading Behavior, in-press. Center for the Study of Reading Technical Report #153. Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference in San Diego, California, December, 1989.

'41nograd, P. , Children, metacognition and reading: What they don't know can hurt them. Presented at the Center for the Study of Reading Spring Confereace, April, 1980. Also presented at the Western State College Viriting Faculty Lecture Series, Gunnison, Colorado, July, 1980.

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Canney, G., and Winograd, P.

Schemata for reading and reading comprehen-sion performance. Center for the Study of Reading Technical Report l #120. Presented at t'r.e Annual Meeting of the American Educational

' Research Association in lioston, Masnachusetts, April, 1980.

Raphael, T. E., Winograd, P., and Pearson, P. D. Strategies children use in answering questiors. The Twenty-Ninth Yearbook of the National Reading Confer ence,1980. Presented at the 29th Annual Peeting of the National Iseading Conterence in San Antonio, Texas, D<cember, 1979.

Raphael, T. E. , Pec rnon, P. D. , and Winograd, P. , The Role of Questionn in the Elementary School Classroam. Presented at the 25th Ar.nual Ccnvention of the Int ernational Reading Association in St. Louin, Missouri, May, 1980.

Winograd, P. , Reading for_ Parents. ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 170 175, October, 1979. Reading for Parents has been presented at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Illinois Read-ing Council, Peot ia, Illinois, March 1979.

Kleiman, C. M., Winograd, P., and llumphrey, M. M., P_rosody and children's comprehension of writ :en and spoken iannuage. Center for the Study of Reading Technical Report #123. I' resented at American Educational Research Association in San Francisco, California, 1979.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Member, Elcraentary Education Program Faculty, University of Kentucky, September, 198L - present.

Member, Elementary Educatian Master's Degree Committee, University of Kentucky, Sept.2mber 1981 - present. ,

Member, Technical R2 port Revica Board, Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois, January 1978 - August 1981.

Member, Executise Camaittee, Center for the Study of Reading, Uaiversity of Illinois, August 1979 - October 1980.

Chair, Communication Committee, Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois, August 1979 - October 1980.

Member, Committee on Allocation of Resources, Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois, August 1979 - October 1980.

Member, Faculty Search Conr:.ittee, Departraent of Elementary and Early Childhaod Education, University of Illinois, Spring 1979.

Consultant, Teacher training redsions, School District 212, Ogden, Illinois, March, 1981.

Colisultant , Develornental Reac'ing, The Reading Group, Urbana, Illinois, thy - Decenber , 1979.

Consultant, Right-To-Read and Title I, Illinois State Board of Education, Champaign, Illinois, Septeraber 1978 - present.

Consultant, Teachet training sessions, School District 61, Decatur, Illinois, Fall 1978.

Consultant, Right-To-Read and Title VII E.S.A.A., School District 151, South Holland, Illinois, May 1977.

Licensed Foster Parent and Poifec Youth Counselor, Aunt Martha's Youth Service Ceatet. Peri; Forest, Illinois, January 1976 - June 1977.

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AWARDS AND HONORS Finalist in the 1980-1981 competition for the International Reading Association Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award.

University of . Illinois Fellow ship Award, 1979-1980.

GRANTS Funds provided through the Graduate tbjor Fesearch Equipment Crant.

Senool, University of Kentucky for the _ Purchase of Computer Equipment, Septembe r , 1981.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Educational Ecscarch Association College Ecading Association International Reading Association National Reading Conference