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Free Associational Assessment: An Alternative to Traditional Testing.

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Wood, Karen D. – Journal of Reading, 1985

Describes a procedure termed free associational assessment that uses free recall and associational thinking. A sample lesson is provided. (HOD)

Descriptors: Associative Learning, Educational Assessment, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension

Does Topic Familiarity Affect Assessed Difficulty and Actual Performance on Reading Comprehension Tests in LSP?

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Peretz, Arna S.; Shoham, Miriam – 1990

A study investigated the hypothesis that topic familiarity and assessed difficulty of a second language text correlated positively with performance on reading comprehension tests in languages for special purposes (LSP). Subjects were 177 advanced students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at Ben Gurion University (Israel). Faculty from the…

Descriptors: Advanced Students, College Students, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)

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