CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF WORDS USED IN ROAD SAFETY LITERATURE

More information seemed to be needed on the extent to which children understood words in common use in publicity and education about road safety. A list of 286 words was made up from road safety texts and teaching materials and tested for comprehension among children within the age band 5 to 11. Children who were in the age band 7 to 11 were also tested to see if they could read these words. One hundred and sixty six schools took part, from all over the country, and ten children were tested in each school. This report includes lists of words, showing the extent to which each was understood, and could be read by, children of these ages. It is hoped that they will be used by those concerned with teaching or the production of educational or publicity material about road safety for children. (A) /TRRL/

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  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Cattell, R
  • Lewis, G D
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 19 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Transport and Road Research Laboratory
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0266-7045

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Children; Comprehension; Education; Lettering; Prevention; Printed publicity; Publicity; Reading; Safety; Safety education; School children; Schools; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Child safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1757: Age; 1758: Child; 2209: Comprehension; 2284: Education; 541: Lettering; 1665: Safety; 101: School
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133677
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. SR 155UC
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM